THE ORIGINAL BYCYCLE (ITS FAE SCOTLAND) : 無料・フリー素材/写真
THE ORIGINAL BYCYCLE (ITS FAE SCOTLAND) / summonedbyfells
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Over the eons of time, chance and dexterity have combined to produce many gifted nations among the variegated strains of humanity. But it must be held in the evedential manner of transparency, that few peoples have quite so advantageously decorated the facility of daily existence as that which is properly the due of my native Scotland. Here is yet another fine example!Kilpatrick McMillan was born in Thornhill a few miles north of Dumfries; where this tribute is located in the Loreburn Shopping Centre. Its strategically located adjacent to the Gents Toilets and hard against the mirrored ceiling which; thanks to parallax, distorts the view creating an interesting tandem-type image. McMillan was a blacksmith by trade and in 1837 built what he called a 'Dandy Horse' basically a bike without a pedal mechanism - you pushed along with foot-power. He later added a crank and thus can lay claim to being the inventor of the bicycle. McMillan has oft times been denigrated for failing to patent his machine and so monetise his invention. Such misguided criticisms display that palpable ignorance - alas yet to be entirely extirpated, that lies at the heart of a failure to appreciate that the role of the Scot is but to selflessly promote the superior well-being of his fellow-man without recourse to tawdry or alien considerations of personal advantage. Amen to that. |
| 撮影日 | 2016-03-01 11:37:09 |
| 撮影者 | summonedbyfells |
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| カメラ | KODAK EASYSHARE C613 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA , EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY |
| 露出 | 0.071 sec (1/14) |
| 開放F値 | f/2.7 |
| 焦点距離 | 6 mm |