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.
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
A woman who suffered from an allergic reaction to hair dye that made her face swell to twice its size has been left too scared to leave the house .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
A baby girl has become the youngest British patient to receive a life-saving cardiac operation after her heart swelled to twice its normal size within days of her birth .
A six-year-old boy has been left almost blind after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to antibiotics .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .