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

[HokieBeth]

@drevil 203698 wrote:

1/3/21 – Elf or Wizard (as a nod to JRR Tolkien day). Happy hunting!

Hermey the Elf Dentist in Del Ray at AscendCycle shop

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[Boomer Cycles]

@drevil 203698 wrote:

1/3/21 – Elf or Wizard (as a nod to JRR Tolkien day). Happy hunting!

I captured a Wizard [emoji3316] in the Wild if you zoom in on the directory display….
Wizard Wall, Inc
Manufacturer
(703) 838-8479
https://goo.gl/maps/3SDMthQg18K9WC5U7

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[reji]

rcannon100;203774 wrote:

what would be the point of a picture without our bikes in them??? :d

elite!!!

[Shabooya]

@drevil 203636 wrote:

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I’ll do a grace period until 1/4, but on 1/5 and onward, hardarse (me) is gonna start enforcing

Be a shame not to take advantage of the temporary moratorium on hardarsery.

My palindrome for 1/2/21.

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[cvcalhoun]

@drevil 203698 wrote:

1/3/21 – Elf or Wizard (as a nod to JRR Tolkien day). Happy hunting!

Dream Wizards Rockville.

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[Rod Smith]

I couldn’t find an elf so I took a picture of an Edsel.

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[drevil]

@accordioneur 203763 wrote:

The rules don’t seem to require having your bike in the pic. Am I missing something?

@reji 203765 wrote:

Oh, hey, you’re right! I must have conflated the rules with another PP! Will edit my post if I can …. but don’t want to post a 2nd photo because that would break a rule. 😮

This was absolutely correct, but I have added a new rule going forward:

@drevil 203165 wrote:

Rules:
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12. Unless specified otherwise, at least a part of your bike should be in the photo you submit. Shouldn’t be too hard since you’re out for a ride anyways, right? (Rule added on 1/3/21)
…

[mootsfy]

Palindrome taken on 1/2/21[ATTACH]22045[/ATTACH]

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[drevil]

@Boomer2U 203778 wrote:

I captured a Wizard [emoji3316] in the Wild if you zoom in on the directory display….
Wizard Wall, Inc
Manufacturer
(703) 838-8479
https://goo.gl/maps/3SDMthQg18K9WC5U7

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Boomer, I’ll accept this because hardarse mode is not turned on yet, but I added a new rule (#13) because of this

@Shabooya 203786 wrote:

Be a shame not to take advantage of the temporary moratorium on hardarsery.
My palindrome for 1/2/21.

Ha, hardarse mode is being turned at 12:01 AM EST on 1/4/21. If anyone has any viable pics from 1/1-1/3, post them before 11:59 PM EST on 1/3 and I’ll count it if it’s the item I’m looking for and it follows the Rules 1-11. After that, only pics taken and posted on the day it was asked for will get a point if they follow all the rules.

@Rod Smith 203800 wrote:

I couldn’t find an elf so I took a picture of an Edsel.

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Rod, I tried to see if there was any relationship to elf or wizard with the Edsel, and apparently they used Wizard shocks. If you had taken a pic of the shocks with the name on them, I totally would’ve counted it.

[Boomer Cycles]

@drevil 203812 wrote:

Boomer, I’ll accept this because hardarse mode is not turned on yet, but I added a new rule (#13) because of this

Dr. Evil: How about this cropped pic which has part of my trusty steed in it w/ the word “wizard”?

P.S. 13 rules seem like a lot of rules!

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[drevil]

1/4/21 – In honor of National Spaghetti Day, take a pic of an Italian restaurant, preferably one you like and/or serves spaghetti. Caveat is that it can’t have “zz” or “Garden” in the name or the sign. Happy hunting!

Also, starting on 1/4 going forward, I’m going to be a hardarse, so please read and follow the rules in the original post. Thanks again for playing

[mootsfy]

Elf taken on 1/3/21. Sorry for the terrible photo.

[drevil]

@Boomer2U 203816 wrote:

@drevil 203812 wrote:

Boomer, I’ll accept this because hardarse mode is not turned on yet, but I added a new rule (#13) because of this

Dr. Evil: How about this cropped pic which has part of my trusty steed in it w/ the word “wizard”?

P.S. 13 rules seem like a lot of rules!

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As for the rules, yup, these challenges could go off on tangents easily so I made them to try to rein things in a little, make tallying simpler, and make it easier for everyone to follow along.

Thanks all for playing and I’m looking forward to your contributions

[tomacsh]

1/3/2021–Elf/Wizard/JRR Tolkien Day

A light-adorned, Santa-capped wizard guarding this house. Apologies for the poor photo, I was worried that the Shirrif of the neighborhood might be alarmed at my suspicious night activity so it was taken in haste!
Or how about a nearby dragon?!!

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[Laurie E.]

@drevil 203802 wrote:

This was absolutely correct, but I have added a new rule going forward:

Took the picture before you added the new rule that bikes had to be in the picture. I saw people post yesterday without a bike. Check the rules and it didn’t say that the bike needed to be in, so I didn’t put my bike in.

Elf, 1-3-2021, Clinton[ATTACH=CONFIG]22049[/ATTACH]

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