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

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[LeslyJ]

@drevil 205912 wrote:

1/21 – Adidas Name and/or Logo (not your own)

1/21/21 – Found at DTLR in Rhode Island Place. Unfortunately, bike not allowed in store.

[rumipumi]

1/21 adidas

College Park 3stripe store!

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[EasyRider]

1/21/21- Adidas

Looking through the window at Soccer Kicks in Dominion Hills, Arlington, Va.
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[DCAKen]

1/21 – Adidas Name and/or Logo (not your own)

At the Mall cleanup today

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[CaseyKane50]

1/21/21 – Adidas Name and/or logo (not your own)
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Photo taken at the Foot Locker at Crossroads Place in Bailey’s Crossroads.
Store employee allowed me to bring my bike into the store. So many shoes to choose from

[bigredboiler]

1/21/21 – Adidas name and/or logo

Found a stranger on the street during my pre-dawn ride who didn’t run when I stopped to talk to him.
(Not) My Adidas!

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[Kbikeva]

1/21/21 Adidas

I despaired that my dr’s appointment today would preclude me from spending much time securing the goal. As I waited in the clinic I scanned everyone’s shoes, pants, and jackets and ran approach lines in my head. My back up plan was to go to a running store on the bike ride home, but that was going to add 3 miles to a 30 mile day, so I wasn’t looking forward to it.

But then, as often happens, serendipity raised her head. As I was fiddling with my bike getting ready to start riding, a couple of young med techs walked outside and one was wearing Adidas! I called out, “Can I ask you something?” She nervously looked around hoping I wasn’t going to ask anything medical. “Are those Adidas? Do you mind if I take a photo? I’m doing this scavenger hunt thing by bike …”

Her face lit up, she and her friends brightened, and I snapped it. Nice to offer a moment of levity to these young people who are working so hard!

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[cvcalhoun]

1/21 – Adidas Name and/or Logo (not your own)
It’s just as well RnJ Sports in Bethesda had them. Because otherwise I would have been stopping people coming off the CCT, asking to photograph their clothes and/or shoes.

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[AlanA]

1/21/21 – Adidas Name and/or logo (not your own)

Thank you Clarksburg Outlet Mall!! I actually modified my route a bit to get this dumb picture.

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[historygeek]

1/21/21 Adidas

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[Mtansill]

@drevil 205912 wrote:

1/21 – Adidas Name and/or Logo (not your own)

How many Adidas names and/or logos do you want, Ricky? Oh yeah, Jo is the only one you should want!
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[tomacsh]

1/21/21–adidas
My new-found friend modeling his N-5923s and track pants [emoji91]

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[bikesnick]

@drevil 205912 wrote:

1/21 – Adidas Name and/or Logo (not your own)

PJ’s Soccer/Lacrosse (Falls Church, VA)
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[SusanG1693]

1/21/21. Adidas, not your own. Young Men playing football at Hayfield Secondary….they thought the request was funny but humored the weird lady on the bike….

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[AlanA]

Based upon some of these photos and what people are doing to get their picture, I’m thinking that some people may think us bicyclists are a bit strange!

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