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

[CaseyKane50]

2/19/21 – Planet(s) – likeness or name of a specific planet or the word “planet”

I went for the planet Earth. This earth is located just off of Bartholomew Street in Alexandria.

[rumipumi]

2/19 planet

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[AlanA]

2/19/21 – Planet(s) – likeness or name of a specific planet or the word “planet”

I was hoping to find someone that still owned a Saturn, but no luck. So…get ready for this!!

Here is my likeness of Mars (which is roundish and reddish). This even references four features from Mars!!
And the fact that we just had a recent Mars landing, makes this even better!

Southern Highlands
Tharsis Rise
Olympus Mons
Phaethontis quadrangle

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[accordioneur]

2/19/21 – Planet(s) – likeness or name of a specific planet or the word “planet”

After yesterday’s car kerfluffle I thought it would be fun to satisfy today’s challenge with a car, but alas the two planetary car brands, Saturn and Mercury, are long defunct and it’s hard to find examples of them in the wild anymore. On a nicer day I might have searched further, but instead I headed for Plan(et) B, this salon just off of Route 7 in Falls Church. I stopped and snapped the photo but did not avail myself of any beauty services.

Along the way I did spot not one but two Pontiacs. The Pontiac brand, which was my father’s favorite, has been defunct for about as long as Saturn and Mercury.

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[bikesnick]

@drevil 208176 wrote:

2/19/21 – Planet(s) – likeness or name of a specific planet or the word “planet”

Sorry I keep waffling. Pick a specific planet OR use “planet”. It’s all good for 1 point.

Earth, but not dirt. 1 point
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[LisaE]

@Kbikeva 208209 wrote:

Nice music and photos, but I’m pretty sure your find has to involve a bike ride.

LOL. Just having a bit of fun.

[mootsfy]

2/19/21 – Planet (s)

Planet Earth – [emoji288]

[bigredboiler]

2/19/21 – Planets Day

Found a few planet references rolling around today (roads much better early afternoon than they were Thur or this morning).
The pic that gets the nod here was spotted at the end of my ride….a playground had this gem!

All 9 planets in the solar system (assuming they still count Pluto since there are 9 orbs)
I like the artistic representation. Although after Saturn & Jupiter, I think they all look like Earth

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[Indiana]

2/19/21 – Planet(s) – likeness or name of a specific planet or the word “planet”

Hard to choose which one today! I saw Earth on a “climate victory garden” sign. I passed the deep sea solar system* mural on the MBT. Newton Street might work, in reference to Isaac Newton’s work on planetary motion. But in honor of Perseverance, I snagged Mars outside the Air and Space museum.
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* Fun fact – we have more detailed maps of the surface of Mars than of Earth’s deep ocean.

Note to LisaE – I appreciate your Holstian contribution! Jupiter Bringer of Jollity is my favorite one to play. – clarinetist

[historygeek]

2/19/21 planet.
I finally let my Saturn go last summer after 23 years, but I saw this one just a few days ago, and remembered roughly where it was.

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[LhasaCM]

2/19 – Planet

Rather than just go with my first choice (that David already used) – also on the MBT underneath the Franklin St. Bridge is a mural featuring Earth. A little bit of graffiti as well, unfortunately.

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[Mtansill]

@drevil 208176 wrote:

2/19/21 – Planet(s) – likeness or name of a specific planet or the word “planet”

I’ve been riding around campus a lot recently in College Park and noticed that a lot of the sororities and fraternities had banners up for bid week. Hoping that one had an astronomy theme… there was one! I told the sisters that it would be the prettiest and most unique submission.
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[Kbikeva]

@bigredboiler 208225 wrote:

2/19/21 – Planets Day

Found a few planet references rolling around today (roads much better early afternoon than they were Thur or this morning).
The pic that gets the nod here was spotted at the end of my ride….a playground had this gem!

All 9 planets in the solar system (assuming they still count Pluto since there are 9 orbs)
I like the artistic representation. Although after Saturn & Jupiter, I think they all look like Earth

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I’ve been noticing playgrounds a whole lot more with this daily quest and they’ve really changed since my kids were little! Some of them are works of art in themselves. Nice find!

[komorebi]

@drevil 208176 wrote:

2/19/21 – Planet(s) – likeness or name of a specific planet or the word “planet”

2/19/2021 — planet. This one’s for reji! Planet Earth in the NSF logo:

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[LeftyLaura]

2/19/21 – Planet(s) – likeness or name of a specific planet or the word “planet”

So, this is a likeness story about Saturn. The muralist in conversation with a fiber artist mused on what would be to embroider the planets throughout the universe. They began to argue so only Saturn made it to the mural. Because I included my bike, it’s teeny weeny. Search with wild abandon.

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