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

[cvcalhoun]

3/11/21 – Face (using Pareidolia)
The woman’s face and bust are visible on the left side of the picture as she blows downward, roiling the water.

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[cvcalhoun]

3/11/21 – Face (using Pareidolia)
This statue is called Lyrical Lady, and is supposed to be of a woman dancing. But the spaces under her arms look like eyes, the bottom of her dress looks like a nose, and the space where her legs should be looks like pursed lips. And she appears to have her hand with the thumb and index finger up against her cheek.

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[Kbikeva]

@Nadine 209524 wrote:

On the mvt just past Alexandria Avenue, out on the way to fort hunt. There’s also one a bit further south in a parking lot in between fort hunt & mt Vernon just off the trail.

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Huh – all the times I’ve ridden the MVT and I’ve never noticed! But that’s true about a lot of these challenges to look at the world a different way! Thanks!

[CBGanimal]

3/11/21 Face using pareidolia

So this is a speed limit sign but on its side the 8 looks like two eyes and the 0 is a mouth saying “ohhh”. And the red circle on the outside is the boundaries of the face! By the way I was going under the speed limit !

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[Nadine]

@cvcalhoun 209526 wrote:

3/11/21 – Face (using Pareidolia)
This statue is called Lyrical Lady, and is supposed to be of a woman dancing. But the spaces under her arms look like eyes, the bottom of her dress looks like a nose, and the space where her legs should be looks like pursed lips. And she appears to have her hand with the thumb and index finger up against her cheek.

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I see it! It’s much better than the way out was intended to be seen.

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[Nadine]

@camiller 209497 wrote:

3/20/2021 Phone

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This musta killed you – after we took that picture of you pretending to talk on the payphone in Alexandria!

[Nadine]

@tomacsh 209490 wrote:

3/10/21–Wired Phone

This phone makes Bird Calls. Literally. I thought it was a joke until I checked it out myself (a few years ago; not sure how long it’s existed as an art piece). Dial a number to hear the song of a native Mid Atlantic bird. Brought to you by the lovely creative Village of Takoma Park; corner of Erie and Flower Avenues. See my cross-post to #PublicArtFinder for more pix!

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So does this not count as a payphone because of the screw blocking the coin slot?
Boy if I ever do a pointless prize it’ll hafta be a li’l more like Calvinball…. I’d be inclined to give this one 4 points because it’s SO COOL.

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[DCAKen]

@Kbikeva 209527 wrote:

Huh – all the times I’ve ridden the MVT and I’ve never noticed! But that’s true about a lot of these challenges to look at the world a different way! Thanks!

It’s even marked on Google Maps!

[komorebi]

@drevil 209519 wrote:

3/11/21 – Face (using Pareidolia)

3/11/2021 — face (using pareidolia). I see a surprised face in this house: the upper windows are the eyes, the gables above the windows are the eyebrows, the gable above the front door is the nose, and the red door is the mouth. Maybe the house just saw an old friend it hasn’t seen in a while and is drawing in a breath to shout hello.

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[Kbikeva]

3/11/21 – Face (using Pareidolia)

Another fun one – or maybe they’re just way more fun when it’s perfect riding weather and you don’t have to rush home for zoom meetings!

I biked from Reston down to Georgetown today to snag some points from Boomer in Public Art Finder. Along the way I saw so many faces! But crossing the Key bridge I kept seeing this ferocious wild cat face with pointy ears and fangs…and who knew about Capital Traction Company? I sure didn’t. Thanks, Drevil!

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[rumipumi]

3/11 pareidolia

The front entrance of The Salamander Resort — dormer windows are the eyes, triangle nose, and the gaping mouth between the pillars!

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[bigredboiler]

3/11/21 – Face

For my pareidolia I present an upside-down bike lane icon.
Two eyes = wheels
Nose = body
Mouth = head

I was staring at way too many things on my ride looking for faces, but this one was the obvious choice for sharing here!

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[AlanA]

3/11/21 – Face (using Pareidolia)

The front view of a cute mailbox I found today.

The white ‘headlights’ are the eyes. And, it is clearly smiling since feeding time is coming up soon!

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[LisaE]

@drevil 209519 wrote:

3/11/21 – Face (using Pareidolia)

My face is a little silly. It’s wearing a cap that looks like its own little face with air holes for ventilation and a brim drawn in the sand to make a smile. The main face has big wide set eyes, a shadowy nose, and yellow bubblegum emerging from the corner of a stick mouth. This is how I found the face in the sand/on the toy on a playground.

Side note: Sara McFerrin (Robert “Bobby” McFerrin Jr.’s mother) was a visiting professor in voice at the University of Oklahoma for a semester while I was an undergrad. Although not a vocal major, I attended one of the many master classes she held. My goodness she had a voice!!

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[camiller]

3/11/2021 face using pareidolia

this face just jumped out at me as I was cutting through the back of a shopping center. It’s on the back of a street sweeper and the sweeper’s name is Broom Bear. The eyes are closed with heavy eyelashes and has a tiny nose and a straight smile.

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