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

[EasyRider]

2/20/21 – overhead shot / such great heights / USPS

On the footing of the old Georgetown aqueduct bridge. Gratuitous inclusion of ‘the District Sleeps Alone Tonight’ CD single, which includes a remix version of ‘Such Great Heights’.

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[Mtansill]

@drevil 208258 wrote:

2/20/21 – Overhead Picture from “Such Great Heights” (+1 point for including biker)

On 2/20/1792 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington. 211 years later, one of my favorite albums – Give Up – was released by the band The Postal Service in 2003. On this album is a song called “Such Great Heights” and it is the theme for the photo hunt for the day.

On your ride, 229 years after the original Postal Service was created, take a creative photo from a high vantage point looking downwards, whether atop a bridge, overlook, or somewhere else that’ll give you a great overhead view. Bonus point if there is a clearly discernible biker in the photo. BTW, no selfies/danger pandas for this hunt.

Happy hunting!

Here is my creative photo, with bonus biker. I love using an app called Color Splash, in case anyone wonders how I achieved this effect.
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[karenbikes2]

@Kbikeva 208294 wrote:

Argh – we should have coordinated better and met there. I would have been your model biker, and you mine!

Yeah, I was kicking myself for not having the foresight to coordinate with another FS zealot! I messaged you my mobile. Next time!

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[AlanA]

2/20/21 – Overhead Picture from “Such Great Heights” (+1 point for including biker)

Taken from Arch Bridge above where I-70 goes over Braddock Mt. (A bit west of Frederick).
It was too cold and windy for bikers, but I did get a trucker.

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[Catedrew]

@drevil 208258 wrote:

2/20/21 – Overhead Picture from “Such Great Heights” (+1 point for including biker)

2/20/21 – Overhead picture from ‘Such Great Heights’

This is the TJ overpass over Arlington Blvd. (Route 50) from Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Arlington, VA. I would have tried the trails but the trails near me are still ice-bound, as can be seen by the right half of the ramp in this imagge.
Usually there are bikers crossing either on this overpass, or at the light on the corner. Alas, it was cold and windy, and didn’t see any bikers, so the only cycle I got was mine. I promise, there was no Panda Danger!

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[Serdar]

@drevil 208258 wrote:

2/20/21 – Overhead Picture from “Such Great Heights” (+1 point for including biker)

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An overhead picture of a rider passing under the overpass on Mount Vernon Trail near National Airport
https://www.strava.com/activities/4819840218

[Steve O]

2/20 “such great heights” + biker

Lone rider on the w&od seen from the Patrick Henry overpass!

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[Nadine]

2/20/21 – great heights

Hands free rider on the w&od seen from the Patrick Henry overpass!

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[Nadine]

@Kbikeva 208285 wrote:

Did you bike to your balcony? Seriously though, nice view!

Sure she did. See? https://www.strava.com/activities/4819154897

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[komorebi]

@drevil 208258 wrote:

2/20/21 – Overhead Picture from “Such Great Heights” (+1 point for including biker)

2/20/2021 — overhead picture. I had the same thought as CaseyKane50, the MVT from the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. My cold and windy wait atop the bridge was rewarded with not one, not two, but three riders:

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[Judd]

@komorebi 208311 wrote:

2/20/2021 — overhead picture. I had the same thought as CaseyKane50, the MVT from the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. My cold and windy wait atop the bridge was rewarded with not one, not two, but three riders:

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Ooof that had to have been brutal today. The wind felt stabby in my ride today.

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[Kbikeva]

@Nadine 208307 wrote:

Sure she did. See? https://www.strava.com/activities/4819154897

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I don’t see other folks’ strava routes – just responding to her posting, “From my balcony” … if I had that view and today’s wind that we had, I would have thought twice about going out. Alas, I had to go out and discover there were no other cyclists out when I was.

[Kbikeva]

@karenbikes2 208299 wrote:

Yeah, I was kicking myself for not having the foresight to coordinate with another FS zealot! I messaged you my mobile. Next time!

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Set now. Next time. I need to get smarter. Maybe 2022 Freezing Saddles I’ll be quicker on the uptake!

[Indiana]

2/20/21 – Overhead Picture from “Such Great Heights” (+1 point for including biker)

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Looks like I had a similar idea to LhasaCM, but this biker saved me from going up the Rhode Island Ave metro bridge.

[Indiana]

@cvcalhoun 208280 wrote:

Description of Danger Panda is at this link.

Oh my!

[Author]

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