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

[CBGanimal]

1/22/21 – Polka Dots

Went to Madrid to find my polka dots in a shop that sells Sevillana flamenco dresses and shoes.

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[bikedavid]

@drevil 205982 wrote:

1/22/21 – Polka dots

Also stopped by Continental Pool Lounge. Lots of polka dots there!

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[Mtansill]

@drevil 205982 wrote:

1/22/21 – Polka dots

Lovely red polka dots to coordinate with my bicycle today.
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[AlanA]

1/22/21 – Polka Dots

Hopefully this will qualify.

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[bikesnick]

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[CaseyKane50]

1/22/2021 – Polka Dots

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A wall of polka dots. Mural by Jason Woodside is on the 2200 block of Eads Street in Arlington.

[Kbikeva]

1/22/2021 – Polka Dots

I took a couple of photos of different polka dots, but then we cruised by the skating rink at Reston Town Center and saw THIS!

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I’m pretty sure it’s a bike helmet but hey – it works for skating too!

[LeslyJ]

@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.

1/22/21 – This polka dot pattern can be found on many DC street corners.

[Boomer Cycles]

1/22/21 – Polka Dots

Found a mailbox that kinda matched my cycling cap while climbing hills on Edgewater Dr @ Lake Barcroft, Falls Church VA

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[huberww]

1/22/21 – Polka spot — Spanish Ballroom @ Glen Echo Park, with mud speckle polka dots on bike in foreground

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[Kbikeva]

@LeslyJ 206036 wrote:

@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.

1/22/21 – This polka dot pattern can be found on many DC street corners.

That was one of my first photos! Great minds think alike. And then I started seeing dots everywhere! Street lights, traffic advisory signs, etc. But then finally, a ladybug! Whew!

[Kbikeva]

@bikedavid 206010 wrote:

Also stopped by Continental Pool Lounge. Lots of polka dots there!

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That is a very cool mural!

[Catedrew]

@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.

1/22/21 – Polka Dots

I see this car in my neighborhood all the time. It’s the first thing I thought of when the Daily Photo scavenger hunt word came out. These particular polka dots are made with coins. He parks it on the 800 block of S. Highland Street in Arlington, VA.

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[Catedrew]

LOL – didn’t meant to dislike this post, but can’t figure out how to undo that!

[Catedrew]

@Kbikeva 206040 wrote:

That is a very cool mural!

I didn’t mean to dislike this post, just couldn’t figure out how to undo that! LOL!

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