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

[karenbikes2]

@drevil 209519 wrote:

3/11/21 – Face (using Pareidolia)

On March 11, 1950, Bobby McFerrin – famous for the song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” – was born. Fun fact, this song was the first a cappella song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

So I was originally going to ask you to find a happy face, but that seems meh. To up it a notch and hopefully make it more fun, on your ride, find a face using pareidolia:
The tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern

A few rules:

1. Describe what you are seeing
2. Don’t use an actual face
3. It has to be outside
4. It can’t be of or on a phone

Happy hunting!

Examples:
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Here are some examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1xMB50kFsU

3/11/21 – Face (using Pareidolia)

Face in the clouds – top to bottom, eyes, a wide nose with a distinct point and bulbous nostrils on either side, and a mouth set in a straight (ish) line with a small beard beneath.

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[DCAKen]

3/11/21 – Face

While “pizza face” is an insult , this “pretzel face” seems warm and happy.

I’m not sure what a “cheese berger” is though…

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[Mtansill]

@drevil 209519 wrote:

3/11/21 – Face (using Pareidolia)

I present… either the face of the cloud that Star rides in Star versus the Forces of Evil, or a Cyberman from Dr. Who. Or, if turned upside down, a Minecraft charactor face. In any case… this random piece of cardboard is a face!

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[LeftyLaura]

3/11/21 – Face (using Pareidolia)

I present knotty-eyed adult. S/he is a wry one with one open eye, a slight nose and a sideway smoothie mouth.

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[AlanA]

@DCAKen 209567 wrote:

3/11/21 – Face

While “pizza face” is an insult , this “pretzel face” seems warm and happy.

I’m not sure what a “cheese berger” is though…

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I’m quite sure I would not eat there!! I also notice the “grill cheese”. I think that’s the cheese they scrape off the grill when they are done making the berger’s.

[AlanA]

@Mtansill 209569 wrote:

I present… either the face of the cloud that Star rides in Star versus the Forces of Evil, or a Cyberman from Dr. Who. Or, if turned upside down, a Minecraft charactor face. In any case… this random piece of cardboard is a face!

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I hope you picked it up and threw it in the trash!

[Catedrew]

@drevil 209519 wrote:

3/11/21 – Face (using Pareidolia)

I found several, a few houses that looked like faces, and a tree that sort of looked like one, but the one that I was drawn to the most was the emblem for this condo complex that looks kind of like an alien cat face.

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[Kbikeva]

@camiller 209560 wrote:

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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And don’t we wish people who are feeling angsty wore signs that said, “Keep Back 300 Feet!” This is a good one, Cathy!

[LhasaCM]

3/11 – “face”

The downside to waiting until dark to go on a ride – fewer things to look at easily to let the imagination run wild. As such: the standard outlet face. Out of focus, of course.

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[Serdar]

@drevil 209519 wrote:

3/11/21 – Face (using Pareidolia)

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This logo looks like a face with eyes and a nose.
https://www.strava.com/activities/4931634034

[Boomer Cycles]

@drevil 209519 wrote:

3/11/21 – Face (using Pareidolia)

Who says that only BMW cars suffer from pareidolia?!

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[josh]

@drevil 209519 wrote:

3/11/21 – Face (using Pareidolia)

This is a questionable submission, but I’d argue this Amazon logo isn’t an actual face. Admittedly, it’s hard to say with something that’s as artificial and created as a logo/symbol.
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The arrow below the word “Amazon” is evocative of a mouth, and the roundness of the “a” and “o” leads one to view them as eyes. And we all know that eyes plus mouth make a face, the nose be damned!

[Indiana]

3/11/21 – Face (using Pareidolia)

I find these all the time, especially on forest hikes, but didn’t know there word for it. Thank you for the new vocabulary!

When we saw today’s challenge, my family all chimed “Mr. Compost Man!” Mr. Compost Man came to life when a face likeness appeared among the scraps in a neighbor’s compost pile, like a divine apparition. Walking by, kids enjoyed trying to see if they could spot it. The neighbor found out people were checking it out (pandemic entertainment!), so over the months Mr. Compost Man became more curated, with shell teeth, sometimes coconut husk eyes, sometimes potatoes, a corn cob nose…. Today the nose was a sweet potato over a stick mustache. But since now the face is intentional, I don’t know if it makes the cut for the photo contest. He’s in my Strava, but instead, I’ll submit this cute little face on the back of a sign in a mini playground, indented eyes, and a shy smile mouth.
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[Nadine]

3/11/21-face using pareidolia

I’ve always seen faces in cars – but I realized on my ride today that they’ve changed! They used to look a lot happier & cuter – or at least some of them did. While car faces still look like faces, today’s cars mostly look nonplussed. I wonder if that’s a reflection of social changes [emoji848]

Anyhow after scouring a coupla neighborhoods and finding all these bored looking cars, I finally have up & went down Anne’s cul de sac, where I know her neighbor has an old fashioned beetle. (Bet you can guess how I know that [emoji38][emoji1360]Go Drevil!) Beetles always look happy.

This Beetle was fronted into the driveway. They look a bit different from behind…..This one has a dark arched thing on the hood that when turned upside down makes a nice smile underneath the taillight eyes.

Oh and btw I love Bobby McFerrin – but “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” was so overplayed that I didn’t like him till after I heard some of his other stuff.

Among my favorites of his are: Yes, You
https://youtu.be/JITH0ERpp5Q
and He Ran All the Way
https://youtu.be/e26ISYKpoWQ

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[Steve O]

3/11/21-face using pareidolia

This mini is really cheesin’

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