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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[HokieBeth]

2/27 Black & White

White House, black market, grey bike

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[LisaE]

@drevil 208744 wrote:

2/27/21 – the words “Black” and/or “White” (any language)

On a Tinner Hill marker: “In 1915, the Town of Falls Church proposed an ordinance to segregate black and white residential sections.”

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[rumipumi]

2/27 black and white

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[DCAKen]

2/27/21 – the words “Black” and/or “White” (any language)

At Black Lives Matter Plaza, a street sign for the plaza and directions to the White House. It’s not such a disconnect these days.

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[Varsil]

https://strava.app.link/DUZ8r9ubeeb
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Finally got a point..

[Varsil]

Sorry kept saying error.. so upload same of multiple times..
:rolleyes:

[LeftyLaura]

2/27 Black & White

I found the button! I can make the picture black and white! I didn’t hurt myself and as an added bonus the words appeared on the side of the building! Good living & I got my 1000 feet of climbing.

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[Sophie CW]

2/27/21 – the words “Black” and/or “White” (any language)
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The store at RIO Washingtonian Center in Gaithersburg.

[Mtansill]

@drevil 208744 wrote:

2/27/21 – the words “Black” and/or “White” (any language)

Wonderfully enough, the weather cleared out earlier and better than what I was expecting today, making our visit to Astro Donuts after visiting the Black Lives Matter Plaza very enjoyable.

Here is the Black Lives Matter Plaza street sign above the directional sign pointing to the White House.
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[bikedavid]

@drevil 208744 wrote:

2/27/21 – the words “Black” and/or “White” (any language)

Black Lives Matter Plaza. Trade off between getting the word Black and the White House or the White House sign with a BLM banner next to St John’s Church!

[Kbikeva]

2/27/21 – the words “Black” and/or “White” (any language)

After an interminable Saturday meeting, broke free at 3 and rode to Reston Town Center to take an insurance photo of the same clothing store that others have. That done, I started exploring. I remembered a yard sign that had one of the words and I was hoping it would have an additional sign to complete the pair. No joy, so I rode back to Lake Anne, Reston’s historic center and peeked into the used book shop. SCORE! Couldn’t bring my bike in (there’s barely room enough for people in there), but was able to get this photo … only to realize it’s sideways. Ah well, the words are clear. Thanks drevil for stretching my brain a bit.

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[AlanA]

2/27/21 – the words “Black” and/or “White” (any language

While in Rockville getting my Civil War sign, I spotted this one close by. What luck! My fallback was a street sign with “white” in it.
This is a story about black and white educators and a court case. I didn’t get the entire sign since I was focused in on the “black and white”

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[historygeek]

2/27/21 Black and/or white
Black Lives Matter and a directional sign indicating how to get to the White House (and the White House Historical assoc.)

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[bigredboiler]

Good one w/Tinner Hill! I now recall reading that sign a few years ago.

[komorebi]

@drevil 208744 wrote:

2/27/21 – the words “Black” and/or “White” (any language)

2/27/2021 — “black” or “white” on a sign. From a sign in Fort Ward: “It [March on Washington] was an awesome experience: thousands and thousands of people from all across the country, black and white, arms locked, standing together for freedom.”

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