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

[Catedrew]

@LeftyLaura 208232 wrote:

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..

Did you forget to attach the photo?

[Catedrew]

@drevil 208176 wrote:

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

2/19/21 – Planets. I think these will fit the bill – there are a bunch of planets but Earth and Saturn are definitely shown! This is on the Columbia Pike Library/Arlington Career Center on N. Fillmore (Walter Reed Drive) in Arlington.

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[Nadine]

@accordioneur 208219 wrote:

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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Oh no you didn’t! Hahaha if you’re gonna take a pic of the same place I’m gonna take a pic of…. Maybe we should ride there together [emoji38]

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[Nadine]

2/19/21 one of the 9 planets or the word planet

And here I thought I was being so original looking for Venus….[emoji38] It’s even the same NAIL spa accordioneur went to….

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[Nadine]

@drevil 208202 wrote:

I’m going to resist updating the hunted object after my initial post (like I did yesterday and today) because I know it can confuse people. Safety is always my concern, and like I and others have mentioned before, it’s just a pointless prize game… which I hope injects a little fun and interest on your rides. One thing about these mid-day updates is that I won’t ever make it harder.

Everyone please be careful out there!

It’s a great game. Gives me a destination on days when the weather is bad enough that a silly game within a silly game, rather than just a single silly layer, really helps me get out. Also I know I’m not the only one who keeps inadvertently finding things from previous days’ hunts. Makes me wonder if the point of your game is actually to wake up our powers of observation.

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[AlanA]

@Nadine 208239 wrote:

2/19/21 one of the 9 planets or the word planet

And here I thought I was being so original looking for Venus….[emoji38] It’s even the same NAIL spa accordioneur went to….

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The spiral light of Venus rising first and shining best, from the northwest corner of a brand-new crescent moon, crickets and cicadas sing a rare and different tune.

[karenbikes2]

@drevil 208176 wrote:

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

On February 19, 1473, Nicolaus Copernicus was born. He was a mathematician and astronomer during the Renaissance that proposed the heretical idea that Earth was not the center of the universe, but instead it was the sun.

On your ride, find anything related to one of our 9 planets (yes, I’m including Pluto), whether it be a likeness or the name of the planet. However, if you take a picture of dirt and call it Earth, you’ll get exactly .25 points Let us know which planet is in your photo.

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EDIT at 10:18 AM
Sorry I keep waffling. Pick a specific planet OR use “planet”. It’s all good for 1 point.
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Happy hunting!

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2/19/21 – Planet(s) – likeness or name of a specific planet
Have to zoom in to see, just above the “HT” in the store name. This is the backside of a sculpture of the Disney character “Pluto” in a window display of Disney sculptures at ArtInsights in Reston Town Center. Best I could come up with today!
Here’s what the front of the sculpture looks like – image from the ArtInsights website.

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[Boomer Cycles]

@drevil 208176 wrote:

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

On February 19, 1473, Nicolaus Copernicus was born. He was a mathematician and astronomer during the Renaissance that proposed the heretical idea that Earth was not the center of the universe, but instead it was the sun.

On your ride, find anything related to one of our 9 planets (yes, I’m including Pluto), whether it be a likeness or the name of the planet. However, if you take a picture of dirt and call it Earth, you’ll get exactly .25 points Let us know which planet is in your photo.

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EDIT at 10:18 AM
Sorry I keep waffling. Pick a specific planet OR use “planet”. It’s all good for 1 point.
*****************************************************

Happy hunting!

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Good thing that [mention]josh [/mention] and [mention]Dre [/mention] sorted out the rules while I drove from the Lehigh Valley of PA to somewhere between the NJ Turnpike and Garden State Parkway, where I broke out my folding bike upon arrival, and went searching for a Planet Fitness in the driving snow (amongst even worse, aggressive JRZ drivers) after dark, to score a pointless point!:-0

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[AlanA]

@karenbikes2 208242 wrote:

2/19/21 – Planet(s) – likeness or name of a specific planet
Have to zoom in to see, just above the “HT” in the store name. This is the backside of a sculpture of the Disney character “Pluto” in a window display of Disney sculptures at ArtInsights in Reston Town Center. Best I could come up with today!
Here’s what the sculpture looks like – image from the ArtInsights website.

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It’s stuff like this that make me appreciate the game! That is really thinking outside the box!

[LeftyLaura]

@Boomer2U 208243 wrote:

Good thing that [mention]josh [/mention] and [mention]Dre [/mention] sorted out the rules while I drove from the Lehigh Valley of PA to somewhere between the NJ Turnpike and Garden State Parkway, where I broke out my folding bike upon arrival, and went searching for a Planet Fitness in the driving snow (amongst even worse, aggressive JRZ drivers) after dark, to score a pointless point!:-0

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While not born in NJ I spent my formative years there and use my NJ driving skills to great advantage when I return (NJ driving with out-of-state plates is the best). I’d ask you to get KBikeVA to attest that I am not among ever worse, aggressive JRZ drivers! You’re just picking on us before we go to the Maul.

[Kbikeva]

@LeftyLaura 208232 wrote:

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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Glad you were able to restore your tech!

[LeftyLaura]

@Catedrew 208233 wrote:

Did you forget to attach the photo?

Didn’t forget had bad apple problems. How can you have black screens on both phone and iPad???? The apple gremlins were at work!! Thanks for your support!

[Sophie CW]

2/19/21 – Planet Earth found at a playground at Orchard Ridge Park in Rockville, MD
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[Catedrew]

@LeftyLaura 208249 wrote:

Didn’t forget had bad apple problems. How can you have black screens on both phone and iPad???? The apple gremlins were at work!! Thanks for your support!

Darn technology!!

[sszibler]

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

BP gas station at Florida and RI Ave NW. Earth, I believe.

[Author]

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