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

[drevil]

1/25/21 – Bubbles

The 20th anniversary of National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day is on 1/25/21:
“Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day was the brainchild of the “Spirit 95” FM radio station in Bloomington, Ind. The first one was held in 2001, and included a Bubble Wrap popping relay, a sculpture contest, and a fashion-design contest.”
(Lifted from CNBC’s article from 2012.)

I figured bubble wrap might be a little hard to find in the wild during a bike ride, so please seek bubbles, capture them in a photo and post here.

Happy hunting!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=famHsdkVoOs

[Laurie E.]

@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 Clinton, MD we don’t have an Apple store or Universities, but I rode around and around and finally spotted a car with the apple logo on it’s bumper.
Apple logo 1/24/2021

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[bigredboiler]

1/24/21 – Apple Logo

Shameless Apple Promo day…Clarendon store.
Scanned all the cars I could along my route today, and never found a sticker on a car Good thing I had the store as a backup.

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[mootsfy]

1/24/21 Apple logo

Found at 7-11. [emoji3]

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[DCAKen]

1/25/21 – Bubbles

Bubbles at Peirce Mill

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[komorebi]

@drevil 206262 wrote:

1/25/21 – Bubbles

1/25/2021 — bubbles. My bike outside a Bubble Laundromat. Not pictured: the “WTF?” look from the store clerk while I was setting up for the photo.

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[CBGanimal]

1/25/21 – Bubbles

Car wash bubbles …too close to home!

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[bikedavid]

@drevil 206262 wrote:

1/25/21 – Bubbles

A bit early for bubble tea!

[Mtansill]

@drevil 206262 wrote:

1/25/21 – Bubbles

Set out this morning before dawn to find bubbles! Here you see a huge roll- one of many – of bubble wrap in the local Fedex store, illuminated by my headlight before it lost charge. I’m sure that me peering into this window at o-dark-thirty was not creepy to the beholder at all.

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[josh]

@drevil 206262 wrote:

1/25/21 – Bubbles

Took a little while, but riding around Chinatown worked:
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“Bubble” in text, and bubbles in a graphical depiction.

[bigredboiler]

1/25/21 – Bubbles & Bubble Wrap!

Great to learn Nat’l Bubble Wrap day had origins in Bloomington, IN, where I went to grad school. Go Hoosiers!
I found a good variety of bubbles in the dark this morning, and I’m sticking with the original bubble wrap for today’s photo….found while peering into the window of the FedEx in Crystal City.

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[Kbikeva]

1/25/2021 Bubbles

This sculpture, “Simon” is in Reston and is named for Reston’s founder, Bob Simon. The sculpture is by DeWitt Godfrey, who in an artist talk about the sculpture discussed that it is representative of his study of bubbles and surface tension and how the shape and movement of one bubble affects another. He tries to capture that in steel. The entire sculpture does move, although not enough to be alarming. I like this sculpture but I don’t like where they situated it. It’s very hemmed in by the buildings around with no room to breathe or really be appreciated. I’m sure when they first installed it, they thought it would look good, but with all the construction coming to fruition around it, not so much.

To learn more about DeWitt Godfrey and see more of his work, here is a link: https://www.dewittgodfrey.com/

To hear the artist talk about this piece, here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOps1lCA58Q

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[CaseyKane50]

1/25/2021 – Bubbles

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Fish blowing bubbles on the mural by Bruce Scallon. Mural is mounted on the fence hiding the old power plant in North Alexandria from users of the Mount Vernon Trail.

[AlanA]

1/25/21 – Bubbles

Taking the easy way out on this. A salon in Olney.

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[Boomer Cycles]

1/25/21 – Bubbles

The bubbling brook of 4 mile run, alongside the W&OD trail, under the Rt 50 overpass

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