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

Topic

[mrhappy_onabike]

2/11/21 – Ox (or any Bovine)

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The Cow’s Nose Shows How They’re Feeling About Life
Nasal temperature in dairy cows is lowered by positive emotional states

[LisaE]

2/12/21 – Year of the Ox

I couldn’t find any bovines, but I did ride by the Knox Presbyterian Church in Falls Church.

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[Kbikeva]

2/12/21 Ox (or other bovines)

I went with a different zodiac and found Taurus … and yes, this is the same sculpture from which I harvested a “star” for the other day. It has many nice attributes.

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[Kbikeva]

@CaseyKane50 207707 wrote:

2/12/21 – Ox

On your ride, find the likeness of an ox (or any bovine) or the letter combo “ox” out in the wild.

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On my way to Alexandria’s fort WBTWD, I spied a bovine on the side of the Junction Bakery at 1508 Mount Vernon Avenue. Good pastries and sandwiches. They have outdoor dining spaces.

Doesn’t it constantly amaze you what you see once you’re directed to look for something? Who would have ever noticed that before? Nice find!

[Boomer Cycles]

@drevil 207649 wrote:

2/12/21 – Ox

On your ride, find the likeness of an ox (or any bovine)

Bovine, of the Native American persuasion, aka “Buffalo”

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[josh]

@Boomer2U 207713 wrote:

Bovine, of the Native American persuasion, aka “Buffalo”

I dunno, native American persuasion sounds more like a bison. I think buffalo are more Old World ��

[camiller]

2/12/2021 Ox or other Bovine likeness

I set out today for Point 50 in Fairfax to take a picture of some artwork on the wall of one of the buildings. I took a picture and as I was getting ready to mooooove on I noticed this bovine likeness in another one of the murals. I had to capture him for public art and today’s daily photo instead. (I guess I’ll have to go back for my dogs.)

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[Serdar]

@CBGanimal 207659 wrote:

2/11/21 – Ox (or any Bovine)

The king of Spanish Bovines! It is the Mascot for Osborne Whiskey,
but when Spain decided that advertisements for liquor along the highway were not such a good idea…Osborne took off their label. But the Bull was so well known to Spanish vistas many of them have been turned into parks or off highway rest stops!

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You are the winner today!

[Serdar]

@drevil 207649 wrote:

2/12/21 – Ox or the likeness of an ox

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A cute cow at Cheesetique on Mount Vernon Ave, Alexandria
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[AlanA]

2/12/21 – Ox (or any bovine)

Say hi to my friends. We had a mooving conversation.
For you city folks, these are actual live cows!

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[bigredboiler]

2/12/21 – Year of the Ox

Lots of great likenesses in the forum already. So many things to choose from. I enjoyed planning my ride around some that I knew and keeping my eyes peeled for the unexpected sighting.
For here, I share this colored piece of art from a home in Bethesda off Mass Ave.

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[historygeek]

2/12/21 ox or likeness of an ox

The kick boxing place had closed, but I found 0x painted on the pavement

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[smb9600]

2/12/21 – Ox

Cheestique in Shirlington – Moooo!

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[Indiana]

2/12/21 – Ox

Double downward facing door oxen
OO
XX
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[bikesnick]

2/12/21 – Ox
On your ride, find the likeness of an ox (or any bovine)

(Boomer2U, I am NOT following you, but we must think alike. I was there at 1415.)
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[Author]

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