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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[cvcalhoun]

1/24/21 – Apple Logo (but not on electronic device)
This one was easy! Apple Store in Bethesda.

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[Nadine]

1/23 pie

Well I’d call this a fail because they didn’t have any, but it worked for Boomer so maybe I oughtta have posted it last night….

I went to Bikenetic for pie…. But [emoji848][emoji1744]

Got a nice pic of Pete’s memorial wreath though

And my next door neighbor was there, having followed my recommendation for a his local bike shop! Realized later I shoulda gotten a pic with him ….between how bundled we were & the masks I think we recognized each other by voice alone

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[DCAKen]

1/24/21 – Apple Logo (but not on electronic device)

DC’s Carnegie Library is now an Apple store

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[CBGanimal]

1/24/21 – Apple Logo (but not an electronic device)

Madrid’s Apple store is downtown in the same Plaza where they celebrate New Year’s Eve (like our Times Square)

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[LeslyJ]

@drevil 206198 wrote:

1/24/21 – Apple Logo (but not on electronic device)

On January 24, 1984, Apple sells its first Macintosh, which differs from previous computers because it features icons to start programs instead of having to use command lines.

On your ride, take a pic of an Apple logo, but it can’t be on an electronic device (e.g., iPhone, iPad, Macbook, etc.).

1/24/21 – My bike at my neighborhood apple store!

[tomacsh]

1/23/21–Apple logo

T-mobile store in Langley Park. Taken with my perfectly functioning iPhone 7+ [emoji23]

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[camiller]

1/24/2021 Apple Logo

APPLE Federal Credit Union Logo (hey, it is an Apple logo)

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[accordioneur]

1/24/21 – Apple Logo (but not on electronic device)

This morning I was faced with a choice – Apple Credit Union 3 miles to the west, or the Apple Store 4 miles to the east. Despite the cold, I chose the more distant of the two possibilities. On a warmer morning I might have gone for something yet more distant (Apple Store Bethesda?), but at 25 degrees, this was enough of a ride for me.

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[rumipumi]

1/24 apple logo

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[Kbikeva]

1/24/21 Apple Logo

Outside the Apple Store at Reston Town Center. There is ALWAYS a line here, and usually security guards, like this one. He was cool about the photo though.

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[Mtansill]

1/24/2021 – An Apple logo

As I was heading to the Hollywood Shopping Center this afternoon I found two cars with this sticker. I knew it wouldn’t be too hard, in a university town. There are actually two logos in this picture – one doesn’t count.
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[Serdar]

@drevil 206198 wrote:

1/24/21 – Apple Logo

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Apple store at 2700 Clarendon Blvd, Arlington, VA 22201
https://www.strava.com/activities/4676029443

[Brownws]

Apple (non computer) 1-24

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[bikesnick]

1/24/21 – Apple Logo

C2 Education (test prep, tutoring, and counseling) (Falls Church, VA)

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[consularrider]

@drevil 206198 wrote:

1/24/21 – Apple Logo (but not on electronic device)

On January 24, 1984, Apple sells its first Macintosh, which differs from previous computers because it features icons to start programs instead of having to use command lines.

On your ride, take a pic of an Apple logo, but it can’t be on an electronic device (e.g., iPhone, iPad, Macbook, etc.).

Happy hunting!

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In the Big Apple on 5th Ave between E 60th and E 59th St.

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[Author]

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