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

[Sophie CW]

3/5/21 – Monster – Just happened to see this sign at a gas station on my ride. Never drank this before but the packaging is very cool!
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[drevil]

3/6/21 – Element Name

On March 6, 1869, Dmitri Mendeleev presented the first periodic table of the elements to the Russian Chemical Society.

On your ride, find the name of one of the elements that is in the periodic table. (Only the whole name of the element, e.g., Livermorium, not LV: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_elements).

Happy hunting!

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PS – Unlike the picture, we don’t want the word “Element“, we want a specific one listed in the periodic table

[Indiana]

@Kbikeva 209194 wrote:

Were they lining up for a parade or something? I’ve not seen anything like that for years! Truly a rare find!

Apparently a group of neighbors sent in a petition and got a giant peanut (license plate NUTS4U) and a weinermobile to come for an hour long impromptu masked sidewalk dance party! Not at all what I was suspecting to encounter on today’s ride!

[Kbikeva]

@drevil 209198 wrote:

3/6/21 – Element Name

On March 6, 1869, Dmitri Mendeleev presented the first periodic table of the elements to the Russian Chemical Society.

On your ride, find the name of one of the elements that is in the periodic table. (Only the whole name of the element, e.g., Livermorium, not LV: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_elements).

Happy hunting!

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PS – Unlike the picture, we don’t want the word “Element“, we want a specific one listed in the periodic table

Can the name of the element be inside another word?

[Laurie E.]

@drevil 209138 wrote:

3/5/21 – Monster

On March 5, 1922, Dracula knockoff “Nosferatu” premiered in Berlin. Fun fact: “The estate of Bram Stoker (author of Dracula) sued for copyright infringement and won. The court ordered all existing prints of Nosferatu burned, but one purported print of the film had already been distributed around the world. This print was duplicated over the years, kept alive by a cult following, making it an example of an early cult film.”

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.

Happy hunting!

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3/5/21 Monster – something monstrous – a person of unnatural or extreme ugliness or deformity.

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[mootsfy]

3/5/21 – Monster – an animal of strange or terrifying shape.

Fear the Turtle

[cvcalhoun]

3/6/21 – Element Name
Oxygen. This one is pretty much self-explanatory.

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[CBGanimal]

3/6/21 – Element Name

The Iron Wings CrossFit gym was not to far away but with the door open I had to take it selfie style.

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[Steve O]

3/5 – Monster

A little late, but as documented in the Freezing Saddles thread of this here forum, I captured a well-known local monster.

@ShawnoftheDread 76735 wrote:

I can’t believe Steve O disliked a picture of two adorable little girls. He’s clearly history’s greatest monster.

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[rumipumi]

3/6 Element : gold

I looked for more creative options but ultimately this was the winner

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[komorebi]

@drevil 209198 wrote:

3/6/21 – Element Name

3/6/2021 — element name: copper. Photo hunting and quaxing at Copperwood Tavern in Shirlington.

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[Shawnbeast]

@drevil 209198 wrote:

3/6/21 – Element Name

I too wanted to get more creative than this but it’s what I found: solid GOLD(toe)!

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[LhasaCM]

3/6 – Element

Striking out on platinum (nearby towing company dropped the i in the name), settled for silver instead.

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[bikesnick]

@drevil 209198 wrote:

3/6/21 – Element Name

Palladium, symbol Pd and atomic number 46. It is a rare, silvery-white metal, part of the platinum group. More than half the supply of palladium and platinum is used in catalytic converters. It also is used in electronics, medicine, hydrogen purification, groundwater treatment, fuel cells and jewelry.

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[bigredboiler]

3/6/21 – Element Name

Cobalt (Co) Atomic#27

Perfect for today’s hunt. Cobalt makes awesome bikes of all types (and they’re locally owned)…check ’em out!
This is a photo of a gravel bike, the Warhawk.
Good to have friends w/Cobalt bikes so I could make a pitstop during my ride and share with all of you.

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