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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[Mtansill]

@dbb 204041 wrote:

That it is a vehicle from Maryland is somewhat fitting.

How’s that? I own a car, and I live in Maryland. I must know why I should expect to have birds covering my car if I drive to Virginia. Thanks!

[mootsfy]

1/5/21 – Bird. How many birds do you see?

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[smb9600]

@drevil 203953 wrote:

1/5/21 – on National Bird Day, take a pic of a bird. Let your imagination fly. Happy hunting!
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[SusanG1693]

Found my bird for National Bird Day on Jan 5th. Edison Eagle in flight.
Edison HS in Franconia part of Fairfax County

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[jen_stoly]

1/5/21 national bird day! I see this statue often riding around my neighborhood. I was able to find it for this challenge even though I wasn’t 100% sure which street it’s on. Metal statue of a female figure holding a bird—probably a dove.

[EasyRider]

1/5/21 National Bird Day

Yard Flamingos, one still in holiday garb, as seen on a drizzly father-son sleaze ride.

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[NoVaNoobGA]

@drevil 203953 wrote:

1/5/21 – on National Bird Day, take a pic of a bird. Let your imagination fly. Happy hunting!

1/5/21
Blurry because migrating geese can fly faster across the wooded sky than my fingers can fly out of their gloves to activate my phone camera.
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[reji]

@drevil 203953 wrote:

1/5/21 – on National Bird Day, take a pic of a bird. Let your imagination fly. Happy hunting!

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I had a ton of fun with this one! I left my house with no real plan and found a bunch (flock?) of birds. Street signs with bird names, bird statues, signs with bird in it, lawn decorations, live ducks and more! But the coolest were the parrot and the toucan at the Parrot store which I stopped at before the sun rose and a little later when it was light out. The birds were pretty active the 2nd time and I spent a few minutes just “chatting” with them. Today’s entry is a pic of the toucan. All the birds can be found here: https://www.strava.com/activities/4570770392

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[Indiana]

@drevil 203953 wrote:

1/5/21 – on National Bird Day, take a pic of a bird. Let your imagination fly. Happy hunting!

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Did anyone else pick this bird off the MBT in NoMa?

Since it’s #publicartfinder, is that killing two bir..I mean *feeding* two birds with one scone?

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[camiller]

1/5/2021
National Bird Day

I went out for my bike ride today with an open mind to finding birds. I was surprised to find so many birds – none of them live. (They live ones flew too fast for me to get out my camera to capture them.) My favorite bird today was found in Van Dyke Park in Fairfax City. I had stopped to admire an unexpected metal piece of art with a bird and noticed what looked like the outline of an Owl in the missing bark of a tree. (You said to use your imagination!) [ATTACH=CONFIG]22160[/ATTACH]

[Kbikeva]

I liked your post because you ably answered the bird call (sorry)…but I really hate that birds are for sale, especially birds that don’t technically belong in North America (toucans, budgies, parrots). It makes me sad to see them in cages.

[consularrider]

@drevil 203953 wrote:

1/5/21 – on National Bird Day, take a pic of a bird. Let your imagination fly. Happy hunting!

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Gulls on the American Veterans Memorial Pier at Owls Head, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

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[Laurie E.]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]22171[/ATTACH] @drevil 203953 wrote:

1/5/21 – on National Bird Day, take a pic of a bird. Let your imagination fly. Happy hunting!

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Bird – Clinton, MD – 1/5/2021

[bigredboiler]

1/5/21 – “Bird”

This one was fun. I had “Birds” on my mind this morning, and wasn’t sure where/what I would find in the dark. I found birds of all kind though (see in my Strava pics).
Just posting one here….a creative interpretation of a “bird” sighting in Crystal City.

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[bikedavid]

1/5/21 – National bird day

A Songbird!

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