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

[drevil]

1/17/21 – Bird House or Bird Bath

I can’t tell if it’s just in the UK, but February 14-21 is National Nest Box Week, but I’ve also seen it listed as Homes for Birds Week. Fun fact: George Lucas’ (creator of Star Wars) wife commissioned a bird house, which was a 7′ wide reproduction of their Skywalker Ranch residence.

On your ride, find a bird house, bird feeder or a bird bath, snap a pic, and post it here for 1 point. If you capture a live bird on any of those three things, that’ll be 2 points total.

Happy hunting!

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[Boomer Cycles]

2/16/21 – Crown

Was hoping to find something more authentic, but Mardi Gras does not seem to be a thing here in the Lehigh Valley of PA, so I went with this packaged good that I found while at the check out counter of the local convenience store

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[Laurie E.]

@drevil 207976 wrote:

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

Mardi Gras, aka Fat Tuesday, is celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday. Fun fact: if you want to ride on a Mardi Gras float you must wear a mask. In fact, it is actually illegal to ride one without one!

On your ride, find a crown (that sits on top of your head) or a mask (that has eyeholes). If you find the word, it’ll be 1 point. If you find a likeness, that’ll be 2 points total.

Happy hunting!

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Crown or Mask 2/16/21 found the word “Crown” and a likeness
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[sszibler]

12/16/21 Crown

14th & S NW area

[CaseyKane50]

2/17/21 – Bird House or Bath

Bird feeder along Quaker Lane in Alexandria.

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[komorebi]

@drevil 208049 wrote:

1/17/21 – Bird House or Bird Bath

2/17/2021 — bird house, bird bath, or bird feeder. I found two bird houses and a bird feeder on Commonwealth Avenue. I could hear birds chirping in the trees, but it was too cold to wait around for them to fly down and get breakfast.

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[DCAKen]

1/17/21 – Bird House or Bird Bath

This was a more interesting challenge since it forced me to slow down to look for a bird house or feeder. I figured all the bird baths would be frozen today. I spotted these two feeders in the tree but no birds. So I loitered for a bit until they came for breakfast.

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[Kbikeva]

2/17/21 – Bird House or Bird Bath

When I first arrived there was a beautiful bluebird on the suet feeder, but his photo didn’t show due to contrast. I was at a distinct disadvantage being 12 feet below them. But I looked at sun angle and repositioned and waited. Finally some LBJ’s (little brown jobs) ventured nearer. Wouldn’t you know it, they were camera shy? But I took this terrible photo anyway, and that little fluffy bit at the right of the feeder is the bird.

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[CBGanimal]

@drevil 208049 wrote:

1/17/21 – Bird House or Bird Bath

On your ride, find a bird house, bird feeder or a bird bath, snap a pic, and post it here for 1 point. If you capture a live bird on any of those three things, that’ll be 2 points

I found a real bird in his real house! Although getting the bike in the pic without stopping traffic was more than fun!

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[LisaE]

2/17/21 – Bird House or Bird Bath

This was fun. I would have kept going but my phone battery tanked fast so I rushed home. I found one neighborhood tree with 8 bird houses hanging from it!! I also found a bird feeder that was truly the place for lunch. The photo’s not great because my phone is ancient, but at least 3 of the 6 or so birds taking turns feeding are visible. I almost even caught the nearby squirrel who tried to sneak up on the party but he got camera shy.

For more unique photos, you can check out this short ride. https://strava.app.link/OAbH8GTkXdb

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[HokieBeth]

2/17 Bird House

This is at the Charles Will memorial park in Del Ray on Dewitt Ave. There are a few dozen birdhouses in the trees here but someone was mowing (why?) and no birds around.

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[cvcalhoun]

1/17/21 – Bird House, Bird Feeder, or Bird Bath (If you capture a live bird on any of those three things, that’ll be 2 points.)
Several bird houses, plus two birds on one of them, plus a third bird about to make a landing on a different one.

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[Kbikeva]

@HokieBeth 208068 wrote:

2/17 Bird House

This is at the Charles Will memorial park in Del Ray on Dewitt Ave. There are a few dozen birdhouses in the trees here but someone was mowing (why?) and no birds around.

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Mowing – why? I often ask those questions…the only thing I can guess is, “We have a contract so we do it!” Bureaucracy has a hard time turning anything off. Witness all the overbuilding of office space when clearly the planet has changed in the need for same.

[LhasaCM]

2/17 – Bird house/feeder/bath

Found this lovely collection of bird feeders on K Street NE. With a bird!

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[camiller]

2/17/2021 Bird feeder/bath/house (with bonus bird)

I saw lots of bird feeders, houses and baths on my ride but birds were eluding me. However, my daughter, who delivers for a pizza restaurant, had told me about a house that had lots of bird feeders and houses in the front yard. She said that there were always birds hanging around the yard. It didn’t take long for a bird to land on the feeder. It also didn’t take long for the homeowner to come out and ask me what I was doing. After explaining our crazy scavenger hunt and asking if it was OK for me to take pictures, she left me to my picture taking.

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