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

[JoM]

@cvcalhoun 209918 wrote:

Okay, I’m going to have to forego one of these points. The prizes are not worth my ending up in the hospital, which is what would happen. And then I wouldn’t even get the points, because I’d fail the “Not crash after taking the picture” part.

Carol, You can get 1 point for a Panda!

[DCAKen]

3/16/21 – Panda or Danger Panda

Just in case I couldn’t be balanced enough for a danger shot, I also cycled by the zoo for their panda iconography and Ben’s Chili Bowl for its Panda-mania artwork. It would have been impressive to get that in a Danger Panda picture, but U Street is not the place for that.

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[cvcalhoun]

@JoM 209934 wrote:

Carol, You can get 1 point for a Panda!

Oh, I will. I said I’d forego one point, not two.

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[AlanA]

3/16/21 – Panda or Danger Panda

A place in Wheaton close to where I used to work.

I’d also like to add that it stinks to be unpopular in this game!

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[LisaE]

I’m skipping the Panda today. [emoji209] But I remember that someone (can’t remember who) was still looking for a yellow Mercedes. I spotted one for you on Four Mile Run Drive.

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[CBGanimal]

3/16/21 – Panda or Danger Panda

Just like Mtansill I found a nice wide quiet road and practiced the position until I found my confidence!

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[Steve O]

3/16/21 – Danger Panda

I assume if you don’t even have handlebars, it counts

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[mrhappy_onabike]

3/16/21 – Danger Panda

Lookit me! I can do one, too!!

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[camiller]

3/16/3021 Panda

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[Kbikeva]

3/16/21 Danger Panda

Well, since brain surgery in 2017 I’ve struggled to find balance as I have double vision in certain quadrants of my visual field. But I do know how to ride sans hands and was happily doing that back and forth as I followed the same path as others practicing. The worst place for me to look while riding is up to my right – which of course, being right handed is what I need to do for an overhead danger panda. And because I was pedaling at the time, you can’t see part of my bike (i.e., the top tube). I pushed my boundaries for balance, didn’t crash doing it, checked it off my ‘accomplishments’ list, and raised a toast to Pete. In my book, that was a good day. I’m not in the “top 4” where an extra point will make the difference, so if this doesn’t count, I’m okay with it.

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[bikesnick]

@drevil 209914 wrote:

3/16/21 – Panda or Danger Panda

Safety Panda
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[AlanA]

@bikesnick 209945 wrote:

Safety Panda
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I’d love to hear the story about Ms. Panda and the Civil War!!

[sszibler]

3/16/21- DANGER ⚠️ PANDA

After spending at least a half an hour on a low traffic side road (with more distractions than expected like some homeless guys pretending to be me, FedEx or whoever, jay walkers, etc.) and scaring myself 💩 less a few times, almost falling, I finally decided to throw common sense to the wind and go with momentum. The secret is in picking up some speed, learning the angles and phone while still and going for it. Speed made all the difference, but so unintuitive. You can see some of my top bar. Once is enough for me for today. So many pics on the side road didn’t get the right angle or any of the bike or hand.

[tomacsh]

3/16/21–Danger Panda

The best I can do…

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[LeftyLaura]

This panda is part of DC art project under Tony Williams’ mayoral time. Fun fact, we share the same birthdate month, day, and YEAR! What a phenomenal coincidence! Enjoy my China Doll!

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