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

[bigredboiler]

@josh 205537 wrote:

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!

Yes, I assumed Josh’s biggest challenge today was deciding which Ben Franklin tribute to photograph….

[bigredboiler]

1/17/21 – Ben Franklin’s B-Day Lightening Bolt

Some lightening bolts on this UVA vs VT poster at a Citgo west of Staunton.
Luckily, as there wasn’t much commerce/signage on my rural ride today.

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[Catedrew]

@drevil 205487 wrote:

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

On January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born. One of his most famous experiments is the key on a kite flown in a storm to attract lightning. To honor him, take a pic of a key, a kite, or lightning, but here’s the rub: not the words. It can be the actual thing, or a graphical representation of it. Oh yeah since everyone has keys in their pockets, not that kind either because that’s too easy

Confused? See Mr. Franklin’s reaction to answers below…

Happy hunting!

1/17/21 – Ben Frankliin – “Key”

Baldino’s Lock and Key, N. Fillmore Street, Arlington, VA.

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[consularrider]

@drevil 205487 wrote:

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

On January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born. One of his most famous experiments is the key on a kite flown in a storm to attract lightning. To honor him, take a pic of a key, a kite, or lightning, but here’s the rub: not the words. It can be the actual thing, or a graphical representation of it. Oh yeah since everyone has keys in their pockets, not that kind either because that’s too easy

Confused? See Mr. Franklin’s reaction to answers below…

Happy hunting!

[ATTACH=CONFIG]22916[/ATTACH] Jacobs Locksmith, Main St, New Rochelle. Not sign of Rob or Laura Petrie. They must have retired and moved south to Florida years ago.

[Sophie CW]

1/17/21 – Key, Kite, or Lightning: Actual Thing or Graphic (but not the Words)
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The words and the images: Batteries Plus Bulbs on Rockville Pike

[Rod Smith]

1/17/21 – Key, Kite, or Lightning
20210117_171427 by Rod Smith, on Flickr

[Boomer Cycles]

1/17 Key, Kite & Lightening

The “Key” Bridge in the background (and the #FSwormholemeister’s wedding party in the foreground;-)

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[drevil]

1/18/21 – #publicartfinder featuring (or by) a BIPOC

Let’s celebrate diversity on Martin Luther King Jr Day by taking a pic on your ride of public art that either features or is by a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color). It’d be nice if you could let us know the location, and if possible, the artist.

Optionally, post it into Boomer’s #publicartfinder pointless prize as well

Happy hunting!

[camiller]

1/18/21 key, kite, lightening

On electric box

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[mootsfy]

1/17/21 – Key, kite or lightning

I found a Chevy “Lightning” Bolt.

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[tomacsh]

1/17/21–Franklin’s Birthday

Apparently you can do EVERYTHING here, thanks in part to electricity. This sign/marketing experiment however is an epic fail.

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[NoVaNoobGA]

@drevil 205487 wrote:

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

1/17/21 Kite Key or Lightning:
My favorite Park Ranger at Mason Neck delivered for the Kite, Key, or Lightning.
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[cvcalhoun]

1/18/21 – #publicartfinder featuring (or by) a BIPOC
I figure this thread will shortly be filled with monuments, but a living artist would benefit more by the exposure. Mural artist Juan Pineda installed the mural on the overhang, columns, and one wall of the bus bay area of Bethesda Metro in 2016. Juan was chosen from a talented pool of 50 artists from Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia who applied for the opportunity to create the second installment of “Paint the Town,” an initiative of the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District to bring more public art murals to downtown Bethesda. Description of him from his site:

Juan Pineda DC-based visual artist, whose distinct style is also characterized as urban-contemporary/street art. His connection to traditions resulted in unique mural work in Maryland and Washington, D.C. area since the mid 90’s. He received the Proclamation Award from the City of Hyattsville for his mural entitled; “In Memory of Freddy”. In addition to creating original work of art, he also specializes in restoration and preservation of public work. In 2005 & 2014, Pineda was recognized by the “The Washington Post” for restoring the last and only remaining outdoor Latino mural in the Nation’s Capital entitled; “A People without Murals is a Demuralized People” -1977. In 2016, he partnered with Bethesda Arts & Entertainment and Arts Brookfield to embellish the Bethesda Metro Center. Pineda consults and volunteers with various causes that are related to art and culture. Pineda continues to create art in all mediums and categories including private and commercial.

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[CBGanimal]

@drevil 205605 wrote:

1/18/21 – #publicartfinder featuring (or by) a BIPOC

Indigenous people of Spain on a mural in the center of Torrejon. There are 6 of them in a row portraying their struggles.

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[josh]

@drevil 205605 wrote:

1/18/21 – #publicartfinder featuring (or by) a BIPOC

RIP MF DOOM
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Gotta love the supervillain! Mural is at 5th & Cecil B. Moore Ave (who himself was a civil rights activist who forced the integration of Girard College), and the artist is @busta.art (according to a Reddit comment). I think he’s of Nukak-Makú (a Colombian indigenous people) descent based on some of his work.

[Author]

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