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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[DCAKen]

2/14/21 – Heart
At a coffee shop in the heart of Shaw

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[Kbikeva]

2/14/21 – Heart

Not very exciting but fills the square.

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[AlanA]

2/14/21 – Heart

I was pretty sure I would not find a heart on today’s ride. But luckily I spotted this along the road near Middletown, MD.

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[josh]

@drevil 207826 wrote:

2/14/21 – Heart

I passed by this storefront looking for hearts today.
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The business seems potentially relevant to today.

[consularrider]

@drevil 207826 wrote:

2/14/21 – Heart

Valentine’s Day has dark origins with vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition, such as women being gently slapped with bloody goat hides by drunk naked men. (WHAT?!?!)

Anyways, on your ride, find a heart – either the shape or the word. And you might want to avoid any tipsy naked dudes with goat hides — unless that’s your kink

Happy hunting!

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In the window of Gracie’s Wines in Yorkville at the corner of York Ave and E 84th St. It was surprisingly difficult to find a heart on the route I was riding.

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[Nadine]

2/14/21 – heart

I found a number of [emoji3531]s. I guess I like this yard sign heart the best – especially cuz it’s not actually about Valentine’s day but actual caring sentiment …. Found in N Arlington – lyon pk or thereabouts.

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[Nadine]

@LhasaCM 207850 wrote:

2/14 – Heart

Gypsy on the Hill wishing everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day.

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Plus a bonus bovine! [emoji38][emoji1360]

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[LhasaCM]

@Nadine 207870 wrote:

Plus a bonus bovine! [emoji38][emoji1360]

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Perfect for one one Milwaukee restaurant critic termed a long “Lunar New Valentine’s Gras” weekend!

[LeftyLaura]

2/14/21 – Heart

Hearts are all different, mine had a cross inside, I like it. Thanks KBikeVA my bike easel.

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[smb9600]

2/14/21 – Heart

It was harder than anticipated to find a heart. (Were the decorations taken down already?)

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[cvcalhoun]

2/14/21 – Heart
Finding a heart–actually, a lot of hearts–was not exactly a challenge on Valentine’s Day! However, there were unaccountably no goats.

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[camiller]

2/14/2021 Heart 💖

I found a heart in the neighborhood I was riding through so I didn’t have to resort to my backup plan to stop by a florist in the shopping center I would pass on my way home.

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[ALClayville]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]24058[/ATTACH]Thankfully my friend had a heart flag hanging. Strangers don’t like it when I take pictures of things in their yards.

[Brownws]

2/14/2021 Heart

Full Disclosure. This image is from a ride one year ago.

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[Indiana]

2/14/2021 Heart

Happy Valentine’s day!
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