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

[DCAKen]

@Kbikeva 209629 wrote:

But aren’t those daffodils? Still beautiful, I agree!

Oh, you’re correct! My flower identification skills are lacking.

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[LisaE]

@drevil 209611 wrote:

3/12/21 – Flower still attached to the plant and in the ground

Daffodils [emoji272] blooming on the side of the W&OD

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[LeftyLaura]

3/12/21 – Flower

Took an insurance picture at my favorite corner: snow drops and crocuses, lovely patch across from the school near the house, but it was too close to my home, so I soldier on to find these lovely flowers in Oakton. Enjoy!

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[Boomer Cycles]

3/12/21 – Flower

I saw daffodils galore but held out for something more unique… “Lenten Rose”

Commonly known as hellebores, the Eurasian genus Helleborus consists of approximately 20 species of herbaceous or evergreen perennial flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, within which it gave its name to the tribe of Helleboreae.

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[AlanA]

3/12/21 – Flower (see breakdown in description)

Please don’t eat the yellow flowers!

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[tomacsh]

3/12/21–Flowers
Snow Drops, Pansies, Hellebores, Daffodils, and Crocus along Sligo Creek.

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[historygeek]

3/12/21 flowers

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[rumipumi]

3/12 flower power

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[sszibler]

3/12/21 – Flower (see breakdown in description)

Long Bridge Park

On National Plant a Flower Day, which is celebrated on March 12 this year, hop on your bike, go outside, seek, then snap a flower: https://www.ftd.com/blog/celebrate/celebrate-national-flower-day

Points breakdown as below. No stacking; you’ll either get 1 or 2 points depending on your submission:

1) For TWO points, post a pic of a flower that is still attached to the plant, and the plant is in soil (it can be either in a pot or in the ground)

[josh]

@drevil 209611 wrote:

3/12/21 – Flower (see breakdown in description)

Daffodils in the ground in the dark for two points
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[komorebi]

@drevil 209611 wrote:

3/12/21 – Flower (see breakdown in description)

3/12/2021 — flower. Specifically, miniature daffodils growing in the Simpson Gardens, a demonstration garden maintained by the Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia.

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[HokieBeth]

3/12 Flowers

And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won’t forget to put roses on your grave

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[LhasaCM]

3/12 – Flower

Here are some of the early bloomers in the preschool “garden” outside of our daughter’s school building – a building that coincidentally she has not seen since this day last year.

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[bikesnick]

@drevil 209611 wrote:

3/12/21 – Flower (see breakdown in description)
For TWO points, post a pic of a flower that is still attached to the plant, and the plant is in soil (it can be either in a pot or in the ground)

Snow drops and crocuses
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[AlanA]

@CBGanimal 209621 wrote:

3/12/21 – Flower

I laid my bike on a bed of flowers for a quick break from riding! I got to watch trains go by from that hill!

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I hope no flowers were hurt while taking this picture!

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