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

[Mtansill]

2/16/2021 – Mask or crown

Check out this fine-feathered mask that I found!
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[Sophie CW]

2/16/21 – Crown or Mask (with eyeholes)
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[AlanA]

@DCAKen 208008 wrote:

2/16/21 – Crown or Mask (with eyeholes)

The word and the likeness

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Hah! They were a client of my firm (back when I worked as a CPA/Accountant). They had been with the firm since the 1950’s! (Maybe earlier. And, no. I was not around that long. I started in the 80’s.)

[tomacsh]

2/16/21–Mask or Crown for Mardi Gras

Just the word “mask” here, and the boring type at that [emoji28]. But at least I have a bike commute!

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[historygeek]

2/16/21 mask or crown for Mardi Gras
Went for the king cake, and found this masked rider.

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[Nadine]

2/16/21 – crown or MASK with eyeholes –
happy Mardi Gras!

Man I thought a crown would be easier to find because now everyone’s wearing lower face masks – who’s gonna wanna cover the rest of their face TOO?

But no crowns ANYwhere! And then when we were in Herndon Anne saw this in a store window!

I kept angling the pic to get less reflection but that turned out not to be possible – it was only possible to choose WHICH reflection. Here’s one with my bike in it. (There were a couple with a reflection of me reaching up. Maybe I’ll put one of those on Strava.)

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[Catedrew]

@drevil 207976 wrote:

2/16/21 – Crown or Mask (with eyeholes)

2/16/21 – Mardi Gras crown or mask

OK, so WHERE WAS THIS YESTERDAY when I needed a skeleton??? Actually, I found another skeleton yesterday (on a book in a Little Free Library) so I’m glad I found this one today to use for Mardi Gras. We have BOTH a mask with eyeholes – AND – a crown! Gotta love it!

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[smb9600]

2/16/21 – Mask or Crown

This house is part of the Krewe of House Floats- all dressed up in spirit with their kindred in NOLA (it was hard to only include one picture this time!)! At the corner of Allison & Cameron Mills in Alexandria.

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[komorebi]

@drevil 207976 wrote:

2/16/21 – Crown or Mask (with eyeholes)

2/16/2021 — crown. Here’s my bike visiting Royal Restaurant, which has two crowns in its store sign (visible between the power lines). I had already quaxed for breakfast before I went to Royal Restaurant, so I’ll have to swing by again and get my quax in another day.

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[Indiana]

2/16/21 – Crown or Mask (with eyeholes)

This probably doesn’t count, but laissez les bons temps rouler, anyway! After biking back to our rental place, my daughter baked the Mardi Gras treat with King Arthur flour products, which, she pointed out, sport a crown logo.
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[bigredboiler]

2/16/21 – Crown or Mask

Not a lot of Mardi Gras celebratory decorations out in the ‘burb neighborhoods for me today.
Found a couple though, and here is a mask on a sign in Vienna.

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[LhasaCM]

2/16 – Crown or Mask

Didn’t get to go out until after dinner (and the DDOT ANC 5E presentation), and with the howling wind, was limited in my scope. In a panic, I took a picture of a Starbucks logo (she’s wearing a crown!) but then I remembered this gem of a place on the Arts Walk.

Only Make Believe is a wonderful organization whose DC office is Brookland-adjacent. For this purpose: their logo has traditional theater masks with jester crowns.

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[LeftyLaura]

2/16 – Crown or Mask

So another sad day, I didn’t make a king cake, I didn’t get out my beads, I didn’t wonder who would get the baby, dentist appointment and in search of a crown. I used to be the dog owner of a Newfoundland, large dog, picked on by all those little dogs all the time. It’s kind of like my picture for today. A large company picked on all the time. Not even allowed to participate in the coffee snob rides. So I now present to you in all her green glory the Starbucks crown!
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[mootsfy]

2/16/21 – Crown or Mask

Got my mask photo thanks to Rumi and Milli. [emoji106]

[tomacsh]

@LeftyLaura 208044 wrote:

2/16 – Crown or Mask

So another sad day, I didn’t make a king cake, I didn’t get out my beads, I didn’t wonder who would get the baby, dentist appointment and in search of a crown. I used to be the dog owner of a Newfoundland, large dog, picked on by all those little dogs all the time. It’s kind of like my picture for today. A large company picked on all the time. Not even allowed to participate in the coffee snob rides. So I now present to you in all her green glory the Starbucks crown!

I hear you! She’s there when you need her. What’s wrong with a short dark roast once in awhile?!! [emoji23]

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