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

[accordioneur]

1/16/21 – the word “Brewing”, “Winery”, “Mead”, or “Distillery” on a sign.

@bikesnick 205471 wrote:

Drevil, I know, I know, the word should be Distillery. I went inside and asked if they had anything with ‘distillery’ on it. She searched for several minutes and found nothing. I tried.

I know the feeling. I left my photo outing until this evening, figuring I’d pick up a picture on the way to see my friends FFME perform at The State Theater (outdoors socially distanced show), but all the signs in the area turned out to be wrong. FCD is a “Distillers”, Audacious Aleworks is a “Brewery”, Solace Outpost doesn’t have any “Brew” words in their signage at all, and The State’s drink menu didn’t contain any of the right words. The Audacious Aleworks sign is simple white letters on a black background … would be so easy to “correct” … but I decided to be honest. Unfortunately, I know drevil to be a stickler for his many rules, so I don’t expect any leniency.

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[Steve O]

@cvcalhoun 205421 wrote:

Alas, this was taken (just barely) before Steve’s rule was announced.

Not a rule. Just a way to maybe get a little bonus if you are able to include your bike. And, as can anyone, I can be as deliberate or capricious with my likes as I like.
Thusly, I will like cvcalhoun’s post even without a bike, because she noted that it would have been difficult to include it, and I used the word “easily” in my description.
La-de-dah. Ride on!

[josh]

@drevil 205405 wrote:

1/16/21 – the word “Brewing”, “Winery”, “Mead”, or “Distillery” on a sign.

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Yards Brewing Company — on both the truck and the sign over the loading dock.

[camiller]

1/16/2021 Brewing

New District Brewing Company in Arlington

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[Steve O]

1/16/21 – the word “Brewing”, “Winery”, “Mead”, or “Distillery” on a sign.

I will dogpile on New District
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[Steve O]

@bikesnick 205471 wrote:

1/16/2021
Falls Church Distillers

I took a photo here, too, but decided to go with New District Brewing rather than risk a DQ.

[bigredboiler]

1/16/21 – The word “Brewing”

Redbeard Brewing Co is on the square in Staunton.
Across from Ox Eye Vineyards Tasting Room, where I’ve been many times. Ox Eye’s location doesn’t say “winery”, so I went with the Redbeard Photo. I’ll have to try the beer later though; sorry, no review or commentary.

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[Kbikeva]

@camiller 205510 wrote:

1/16/2021 Brewing

New District Brewing Company in Arlington

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What happened to Caboose? Thanks for riding with us today.

[HokieBeth]

1/16 Brewing

Port City Brewing

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[EasyRider]

@LeftyLaura 205470 wrote:

howler or growler? I confuse easily.

A howler. It’s a quart, half the size of a growler. A convenient size for the bike. The one I have is insulated so it’s good for coffee, too.

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[cvcalhoun]

1/17/21 – Key, Kite, or Lightning: Actual Thing or Graphic (but not the Words)
Lots of keys, in fact–seven of them. Admittedly, they are not the kind Ben Franklin would have used. But I have to think that with his interest in electricity, he would have appreciated electronic keys.

Oh, and this one includes a bicycle.

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[josh]

@drevil 205487 wrote:

1/17/21 – Key, Kite, or Lightning: Actual Thing or Graphic (but not the Words)

drevil, I appreciate the softball — I present “Benjamin Franklin with Kite” by Agnes Yarnell.
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It’s in a mini park I had no idea existed prior to this!

[DCAKen]

1/17/21 – Key, Kite, or Lightning: Actual Thing or Graphic (but not the Words)

Duke Ellington is tickling the ivories

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[LeftyLaura]

Thanks! Learning every day!

[CBGanimal]

1/17/21 – Key, Kite or Lightning

Not very pretty but yes you should take the key out of the ignition before you dispense gas…of course you are also not suppose to use your cell phone and yet here I am taking this pic!!

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