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

[cvcalhoun]

@AlanA 205961 wrote:

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!

And are those people wrong?

If you think these are strange, you should see some of mine. I often can’t ride during the day. So we’ve had quite a few photos taken at 3:00 in the morning. People tend to wonder about you a lot when you’re prowling a shopping mall, or scouring the neighborhood for bats, at that hour.

[komorebi]

@drevil 205912 wrote:

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

1/21/2021 — Adidas. Like Serdar, I went to the Adidas store at the Tanger Outlets in National Harbor:

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[Nadine]

@EasyRider 205939 wrote:

1/21/21- Adidas

Looking through the window at Soccer Kicks in Dominion Hills, Arlington, Va.
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Oh now I feel stupid. I’d decided not to do a wild goose chase for an Adidas logo, but I LIVE in Dominion hills. Soccer kicks is probably not even a mile from my house [emoji38][emoji2358][emoji1744]

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[tomacsh]

@cvcalhoun 205962 wrote:

And are those people wrong?

If you think these are strange, you should see some of mine. I often can’t ride during the day. So we’ve had quite a few photos taken at 3:00 in the morning. People tend to wonder about you a lot when you’re prowling a shopping mall, or scouring the neighborhood for bats, at that hour.

Strange is the new normal 🥸 It’s great to challenge ourselves and “go out on a limb” and I appreciate this “game” for getting me to do that.

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[HokieBeth]

1/21 Adidas

Spotted in the corner window of the local Fashion City store

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[mootsfy]

1/21/21 – Adidas

3 Stripe store in downtown College Park.

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[Indiana]

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

Awkward rushed selfie on bike on the towpath to snap a shot of this dog walker’s Adidas sweatshirt. Can you make it out? The closer view photo seems too stalkerish to post.

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[Catedrew]

@drevil 205912 wrote:

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

1/21/21 – Adidas

It’s amazing what you find once you start searching on the street!

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[drevil]

1/22/21 – Polka dots

Apparently 1/22 is National Polka Dot day On your ride, find polka dots in all its forms out there; it doesn’t have to be clothing:
Polka dot is a pattern consisting of an array of large filled circles of the same size.

Happy hunting!

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[josh]

@drevil 205982 wrote:

1/22/21 – Polka dots

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I hope this pattern qualifies as polka dots. This mural, by Jason Andrew Turner, depicts a woman, representative of all of the others, who helped build Fishtown.

[rumipumi]

1/22 polka dot

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[komorebi]

@drevil 205982 wrote:

1/22/21 – Polka dots

1/22/2021 — polka dots. My bike at the Jason Woodside mural at the Continental Beer Garden in Rosslyn:

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[Serdar]

@drevil 205982 wrote:

1/22/21 – Polka dots

Apparently 1/22 is National Polka Dot day On your ride, find polka dots in all its forms out there; it doesn’t have to be clothing:
Polka dot is a pattern consisting of an array of large filled circles of the same size.

Happy hunting!

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I wonder if someone who has a polka jersey would fly by me today. I would love to discuss the time and place here. Thanks!

[CBGanimal]

@rumipumi 205994 wrote:

1/22 polka dot

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Wow it looks like a Jersey I have!!

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[Serdar]

@drevil 205982 wrote:

1/22/21 – Polka dots

Apparently 1/22 is National Polka Dot day On your ride, find polka dots in all its forms out there; it doesn’t have to be clothing:
Polka dot is a pattern consisting of an array of large filled circles of the same size.

Happy hunting!

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I wonder if someone who has a polka jersey would fly by me today. I would love to discuss the time and place here. Thanks!

[Author]

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