CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time. The Adam’s Retouching Machine, which weighs two-and-a-half stone, was invented in 1947 and gave photographers the opportunity to perfect their pictures. Instead of uploading images to a computer, photographers would place their negative under the magnifying glass. Blemishes in the picture could then be smoothed out by using a retouching pencil, assisted by the gentle vibrations of the machine.
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .