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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[karenbikes2]

@camiller 208640 wrote:

2/25/2021 Duck

While on my way to Reston’s Duck, Duck, Goose public art/bike rack feature at Lake Newport my eye caught this “billboard” on Wiehle Avenue.

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Great find! I probably rode right by it and never saw it [emoji849]

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[AlanA]

@josh 208636 wrote:

You missed the next sentence:

That part wasn’t important! If my geese don’t count, that’s fine.

[LisaE]

2/25/21 – Duck (likeness of animal or the word)

Not long ago I was riding around the neighborhood and spotted a family of concrete ducks with umbrellas. Easy peasy; I can find those again, right? 3.5 miles of circling up and down and around the hood, I finally relocated them. But due to a lowering sun in just the wrong part of the sky, my snapshot was totally unimpressive.

So I kept riding and spotted this little duckling staring furtively through a red little free library door saying, “pick me pick me!”

Duck and Goose Go to the Beach

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[historygeek]

2/25/21 ducks

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[Catedrew]

@LisaE 208648 wrote:

2/25/21 – Duck (likeness of animal or the word)

Not long ago I was riding around the neighborhood and spotted a family of concrete ducks with umbrellas. Easy peasy; I can find those again, right? 3.5 miles of circling up and down and around the hood, I finally relocated them. But due to a lowering sun in just the wrong part of the sky, my snapshot was totally unimpressive.

So I kept riding and spotted this little duckling staring furtively through a red little free library door saying, “pick me pick me!”

Duck and Goose Go to the Beach

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I love those little free libraries – I have used books found in several of them for the scavenger hunt. They are great resources!

[Mtansill]

@drevil 208584 wrote:

2/25/21 – Duck (likeness of animal or the word)

Plenty of ducks. Rather shy.
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[Serdar]

@drevil 208584 wrote:

2/25/21 – Duck (likeness of animal or the word)

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A duck
https://www.strava.com/activities/4850475073

[Catedrew]

@drevil 208584 wrote:

2/25/21 – Duck (likeness of animal or the word)

Rescued from the mosh-pit of the playground’s sandbox, and then elevated to a position of higher authority on top of the post, may I present SEÑOR PATO!

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[Kbikeva]

@Catedrew 208653 wrote:

Rescued from the mosh-pit of the playground’s sandbox, and then elevated to a position of higher authority on top of the post, may I present SEÑOR PATO!

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You are a brave warrior indeed to rescue ANYTHING from a playground mosh pit! But desperate times require …. yeah. Well done!

[Sophie CW]

2/25/21 – Duck (likeness of animal or the word)
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[Kbikeva]

@accordioneur 208643 wrote:

2/25/21 – Duck (likeness of animal or the word)

On my way back from WTFCC this morning I kept my eyes open and sure enough, a few ducks were feeding at Sparrow Pond (the little wetlands around mile 2 of the W&OD). I figured that if I didn’t see any real ducks along the way I would head to Duck Donuts, but my sighting of these mallards meant no donuts for me.

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“Live Ducks Save Bike Adventurer from Certain Heart Attack” (news at 11)…you’re better off with the live ones.

[Kbikeva]

@sszibler 208637 wrote:

I’m tempted to look for a viaduct . . .

I feel like that’s a set up for a Marx Brothers inane dialogue….

[tomacsh]

2/25/21–Duck
Little land-locked rubber ducky who lives atop the medicine cabinet in the restroom at the art studio where I work. (We make 3D collages out of memorabilia that clients send us, and apparently this poor guy didn’t make the cut [emoji23]) Technically at the end of my ride, but hope it counts [emoji736]

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[LhasaCM]

2/25 – Duck!

Since I only had time for a short ride tonight, I went for a different kind of duck that sleeps nearby. Fortunately, it had the word on it as part of its name (Sitting Duck) so this still is a legal submission even if you don’t consider it an animal…

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[Indiana]

2/25/21 – Duck (likeness of animal or the word)

Anacostia River trail
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