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

[Steve O]

2/17/2021 Bird feeder/bath/house

I didn’t expect to see any birds on my night time hunt. I did find a bird bath, though.

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[smb9600]

2/17/21 – Bird Feeder

Lots of birds flying around, but my hands were too cold to wait to get a picture of them!

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[Indiana]

2/17/21 – Bird House, Bird Feeder or Bird Bath

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Off of Blackwater Canyon Trail, WV
There also were a few chicken coops, but this one was cuter.

[accordioneur]

1/17/21 – Bird House or Bird Bath

I knew just where to find this – it’s on my conference call walking route.

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[ALClayville]

@drevil 208049 wrote:

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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Found this Bird House at Downs Park overlooking the Chesapeake Bay. I waited around for a bird or two but they never showed.

[tomacsh]

2/17/21–Bird Boxes

These Bird Boxes along Sligo Creek Trail near Kemp Mill are for Eastern Bluebird nesting. The Canadian Geese are guarding them quite well

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[tomacsh]

@bikesnick 208085 wrote:

One bird on the feeder, one in flight and one on the ground.

Four points?!! And a bonus squirrel!

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[Sophie CW]

1/17/21 – Bird House or Bird Bath – Many seen in this tree hung like ornaments, too bad none of them had birds in them
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[Nadine]

2/17/21 – bird house, feeder, or bath, preferably with bird

I found lotsa bird houses and feeders and even a coupla birdbaths – which I’d never noticed before. One of the birdbaths is at the house of my favorite KingGinko! (How could I have missed it all these years? I bet that’s really the point of this game….)

I was relieved to see Josh say he musta gone out too late to get birds at the bird feeders because they wouldn’t land on them for me either (4-5pm.) They were right nearby – they were loud! But they were up singing in the trees, not the least bit interested in a snack. So [emoji1744]

I got my husband to help me choose a pic. He liked this one best.

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[Serdar]

@drevil 208049 wrote:

1/17/21 – Bird House or Bird Bath

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A bird feeder in my neighborhood
https://www.strava.com/activities/4805025199

[Laurie E.]

@drevil 208049 wrote:

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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2/17/21 find Birdhouse or Birdbath, I did one better and found a Bird Apartment House. If you look at the picture, you’ll see that there are at least three birdhouses inside the outer house. (Doesn’t that deserves extra points)![ATTACH=CONFIG]24179[/ATTACH]

[drevil]

2/18/21 – Full Electric Car (Hybrids OK!)

EDIT: Hybrids like the Prius are OK for today’s hunt.

On National Battery Day, which is February 18, take a picture of a fully electric or hybrid car.

I know this could go all over the place, so a few rules:

1. It CAN be a hybrid (which rely on both battery and gas), e.g., the Toyota Prius, Ford Fusion. Hybrid cars often have the word around the model name
2. It has to be a car that people can ride in on a highway, so no little radio control (RC) cars or golf carts
3. It can’t be at a dealership
4. It can’t be your own

Point scoring for this hunt:

• 1 point for any partially electric/partially gas hybrid cars like the Toyota Prius, or
• 1.5 points for a Tesla (since they are so popular in our area), or
• 2 points for any fully electric car that isn’t a Tesla
• An extra two points if this hybrid/electric car has a bike rack on it (must be clearly visible in the pic)

Happy hunting!

For example, this Tesla with a bike rack would garner you 3 points (1 for car, +2 for bike rack), and a bunch of salivating bike nerds.

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[LeftyLaura]

You got it! I live with my kefir grains, you conger up bacon goodness for the birds. Best riding partner, as evidenced by chasing you back to the car. PR on W&OD, that rarely ever happens when you ride the heck out of the trail.

[mootsfy]

2/17/21 – Bird House

I swear it’s a bird house.

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[LeftyLaura]

2/18/21 – Full Electric Car (no Hybrids)

Point of clarification, we must have the car in the picture. I’ve the charging light and “trust me there is a Tesla in the garage” but that will not get me a point.

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