Freezing Saddles 2021 – Daily Photo Scavenger Hunt

[drevil]

EDIT 3/23/21 – FINAL RESULTS POST: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=210265#post210265
EDIT 3/17/21 – FINAL WEEK POST HERE: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=209861#post209861

I love taking photos, and having a goal usually ups the fun factor, so I’m doing a daily photo scavenger hunt.

Every night, I’ll post something you have to take a picture of the next day (along with the date). I’ll try my best to post before midnight.

It might be an object (a stop sign), a theme (something blue), specific (e.g., a bike laying on the ground), vague (e.g., confusion), a mish-mash of those, or none of those.

Rules:

1. Obvs, you should be a participant in Freezing Saddles ’21
2. It has to be on a bike ride on the day it was requested
3. It has to be posted on the day for which it was requested, i.e., 12:01 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST for the day it was requested. Sorry, I won’t count ones that aren’t posted for the day it was requested. That’s part of the challenge
4. The reason I say “for the day it is requested” is because I might do requests a few days ahead of time, but don’t take and/or post the pic until that day comes.
5. It has to be posted here on the forum in this thread
6. There should be text either in the title or in the post with the date and the found object/theme. Another option is to “Reply With Quote” the post with the request, i.e., simply click that button on the bottom right of my request so it is quoted above your picture
7. Description, short backstory or location are optional (but nice). That said, if your pic is abstract or not obviously relatable to my request, please explain (e.g., I ask for “happiness”, and you post a pic of a tennis ball you found on a ride, please explain how that tennis ball = happiness)
8. It has to be a picture you took, so if you’re in it, it either has to be a selfie or done with a self-timer
9. Only one pic/day. Please don’t pad by adding more than one pic/day
10. It has to be a picture, not a video
11. Let’s stick to things you find out there during your ride, and not things that you bring or make yourself (unless otherwise specified). Example 1: if I say find “2021”, don’t scratch it into dirt. Example 2: if I say find a flower, don’t bring a flower with you on your ride and take a pic of that. This kinda takes the fun out of looking for things, which is the whole point. (Rule added on 1/2/21)
12. Unless specified otherwise, your bike does not have to be in the photo. (Rule amended on 1/4/21)
13. Found item needs to be clear and discernible (or legible if text) in the picture. If you are using Tapatalk and are having trouble posting pics that are large enough, let us know and I/we can try to help you with it. (Rule added on 1/3/21)
14. Filters are OK, but no obvious/blatant photoshopping… not that I know anything about such things

Photoshop? by bikecentric, on Flickr

Scoring: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kgsAzaLIXN-IJMjscyNnQTNvWEp__VzgGBSkJDYrTfs/edit?usp=sharing

1. If you follow all the rules above, it’s 1 point/picture. I’ll like your pic if I have added the point to the tally sheet.
2. If I feel like you haven’t met all the rules, I’ll give you .25 points for the effort (Added on 1/11/21)
3. I’ll keep a tally with your forum name. I may reach out to you via the forum’s messaging, or ask you to reach out to me in a post in this thread.
4. EDIT ON 3/17/21: THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN ANYMORE -> At the end of FS, every like in each of your pic posts = +1 point. I’ll add these up at the end
   So for example, your pic has met all the conditions at the top, and has 3 likes. That will add 4 points (1 for the pic +3 for the likes) to your pot.

Notes:

1. Prizes TBD
2. Contest starts 1/1/21 and goes until the last day of FS ’21
3. Some of these will be hard. Fret not, some will be easy, so skip those days that are too difficult
4. Don’t ever ever ever ever do anything that can put you in danger or will result in hurting yourself. I promise I won’t ask for any pics of you riding on the Beltway
5. I might post pics, but mine don’t count in the contest

EDIT 3/17/21 -SEE FINAL WEEK POST HERE: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?18102-Freezing-Saddles-2021-Daily-Photo-Scavenger-Hunt&p=209861#post209861

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[bikedavid]

@drevil 207485 wrote:

2/10/21 – 5 or 6 point Star (but not on American flag)

Someone painted some stars on their fence

[karenbikes2]

@LeftyLaura 207475 wrote:

It was my first time there and it will probably be my favorite, but remember, I’m from New Jersey and there is killer pizza there so it takes a lot to make it my favorite. They have a video game when the insides open again.

They just recently opened a Pupatella in Reston, right in the W&OD just before you cross Weihle Ave. Will definitely try their pizza – excited for an alternative to Pizza Hut and Dominos

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[CBGanimal]

2/10/21 5 or 6 point star (but not the American flag)

I had a far away one in mind which had to do with beer, but the wind was coming from the wrong direction and I found this in the back of a truck

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[Steve O]

2/10/21 – 5 or 6 point Star (but not on American flag)

I was keeping my eye out as I rode home from HDCC, and I spotted this one that I’ve ridden by a million times but never noticed that it’s a star.

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[CaseyKane50]

2/10/21 – 5 or 6 point Star (but not on American flag)
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Stars on the side of the building at 130 South Royal Street. Old Town books will be relocating to this location in early spring.

[Kbikeva]

2/10/21 Star (not on an American flag) (5 or 6 points)

This is the remaining orb of a pair at Reston Town Center. The other was removed for construction of the Leidos building and as far as I can tell, there are no plans to return it. Commerce trumps beauty…

There are many stars on this, but the one next to the comet is the focus – and is 5 pointed.

But this one truly is beautiful, and on a sunny day really sparkles. (Today was not sunny when we got there)

If you would like to know more about it and see a photo of its (former) mate, here’s a good link: https://publicartreston.org/project/orbs/

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[karenbikes2]

@drevil 207485 wrote:

2/10/21 – 5 or 6 point Star (but not on American flag)

On February 10, 2017, Adam Levine – frontman of Maroon 5 – received the 2601st star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. (I didn’t realize there were so many?!)

On your ride, find a star, as long as it’s not on an American flag. On this hunt, we don’t want the word, we want the shape, but lets limit it to ones with 5 or 6 points only.

Happy hunting!

Will Robertson of the Washington Bicycle Club rides an American Star Bicycle down the steps of the United States Capitol in 1885.
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2/10/21 – 5 or 6 point star (but not on American flag)

I was going for a star I’d seen on a fence in a neighborhood about 4 miles from my house. Riding down Glade Dr in Reston, I glanced right to see this in a front yard of an adjacent road. Far more interesting than my goal star, IMO. If I’d had the foresight to pose my bike in the photo, I could also have used it for Public Art Finder [emoji849]

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[accordioneur]

2/10/21 – 5 or 6 point Star (but not on American flag)

“Now we’re playing on my turf,” I thought as I read today’s photo challenge. After all, I’m of the six pointed star variety of people. But it turns out that in Northern Virginia they’re hard to find in the wild. My synagogue doesn’t have any on its exterior, and from what I could tell from Google, neither do any of the (few) other nearby ones in Northern Virginia. I thought about heading to Sixth & I, which has a lovely stained glass example, but decided to instead settle for a five-pointed star, which are abundant. DC United and NE Patriots bumper stickers on cars. Decorative stars on houses. Air Force logos. Five pointed stars are everywhere. I grabbed some five pointer photos, but kept my eyes open while I continued my ride.

Finally, I stumbled upon a six-pointed star on, of all things, a sign advertising dog grooming. Success! Further along in my ride I spotted one of those “Coexist” bumper stickers that has the symbols of all the major religions. That would have provided a more legit mogen david, but I decided to stick with my doggie daycare sign.

Oh, and as I arrived home I noticed a five pointer just around the corner from my house – a Turkish flag sticker on a car. Good thing I didn’t see that on my way out, or I might not have gotten much of a ride in at all.

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[Julie K]

2/10/21 Stars

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[DCAKen]

2/10/21 – 5 or 6 point Star

These masonry reinforcements are a common site around the city. The anchors are almost always a star.

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[Jessica Hirschhorn]

Star. Rockville

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[bikesnick]

@drevil 207485 wrote:

2/10/21 – 5 or 6 point Star (but not on American flag)

Caught this truck at a stop light with 5 and 6 pointed stars.
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[historygeek]

2/10/21 star

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[LisaE]

2/10/21 – 5 or 6 point Star (but not on American flag)

I had the intention of keeping it simple and stopping by Starbucks on the way to the pharmacy to pick up Rx. Then I rode by a VA Civil War Trail sign with 3 stars and a bugle. That would work, but those aren’t very unique around here. Instead I came back around to capture a star incorporated into a fence art display at the local elementary school. It was by far the coolest star I saw on my errand run today.

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[AlanA]

2/10/21 – 5 or 6 point Star (but not on American flag)

I found this in my random park of the day (Rockville Veterans Park).

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