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

[Nadine]

@rumipumi 209125 wrote:

3/4 bowlero

College Park Lanes aka Bowlero. I serenaded my biking buddies, humming Ravel’s “Bolero”, made famous by the movie “10” starring Bo Derek. (They were unimpressed.)

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I’m impressed. You know that whole piece well enough to hum it!?

[komorebi]

@drevil 209138 wrote:

3/5/21 – Monster

3/5/2021 — monster. Here’s my bike in front of what I think is a deer from Mayan mythology. See definition 1.a (“an animal of strange or terrifying shape”). The whole mural is also a monster, definition 1.b (“one unusually large for its kind”), because it’s over 500 feet long. Definitely worth checking out — Mural 23 in Crystal City.

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[bikedavid]

@drevil 209138 wrote:

3/5/21 – Monster

There are some monsters on Q St including a 2-story high Godzilla and Mothra. They could be considered either 1. Strange or horrible creature or 2. Unusually large.

[bigredboiler]

3/5/21 – Monster

I caught a glimpse of Sasquatch (aka Bigfoot) early this morning.
Definition 1a: an animal of strange or terrifying shape.

Looks like he’s already in a festive mood for St. Patty’s Day.

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[CBGanimal]

3/5/21 – Monster

This is the cutest Dragon (Monster) I’ve seen…going to definition 2a…very abnormal!

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[DCAKen]

3/5/21 – Monster

bikedavid and I had the same destination in mind, seeing four monsters (definitions 1a, 1b, 2a, and/or 3) attacking Tokyo: Godzilla, Mothra, King Kong, and the Kraken

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[rumipumi]

@Nadine 209143 wrote:

I’m impressed. You know that whole piece well enough to hum it!?

Music History Minor. comes in handy

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[historygeek]

3/5/21 monster
Franklin’s mural of monsters (creature of strange or terrifying shape)

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[rumipumi]

3/4 monster : an animal or plant of abnormal form or structure

This lion is made of an abnormal form! What a [emoji83] monster!

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[Shawnbeast]

@drevil 209138 wrote:

3/5/21 – Monster

Definition 1A – an animal of strange or terrifying shape

I left my bike alone to get a haircut and had to fight this guy off when I got back, it clearly wanted to go for a ride! #PocketMonster

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[Kbikeva]

3/5/21 Monster

I went to my local bike shop in search of a “Yeti” product with a graphic on it. Alas, they’re a Trek shop so no joy. However, I did see the logo from a local brewery that celebrates a well known Fairfax County monster legend. I present The Bunnyman.

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#4 – a person of unnatural or extreme ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty

[LeftyLaura]

3/5/2021-Monster
1a: an animal of strange or terrifying shape: a mythical monster

So I grabbed my bike, and biked to the bridge then walked the bike to the stream bed under the bridge to visit the trolls. I had to take a pic of this one because the other was smiling and showing his butt. Thought he was too happy to be a monster.

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[Catedrew]

@drevil 209138 wrote:

3/5/21 – Monster

3/5/21 – Monster – “1a. an animal of strange or terrifying shape”

On my travels today, I took photos of a dinosaur play toy at the local playground, and also of the Happy Meal dracula from Hotel Transylvania, but finally settled on this bristly dragon on a license plate.

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[Boomer Cycles]

@drevil 209138 wrote:

3/5/21 – Monster

On your ride, find a monster (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monster – let us know which definition you are using), snap a pic of this beast, and post it in the forum

I think that this might be Cat 5: one that is highly successful

My Bike Leaning against Monster.com in Tysons Corner

Monster was the first public job search website on the Internet; first public resume database in the world and the first to have job search agents or job alerts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster.com

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[CaseyKane50]

3/5/21 – Monster

an animal of strange or terrifying shape

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