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

[tomacsh]

1/30/21–Skateboard/skatepark
Takoma Park Skate Park
[video=vimeo;506627249]https://vimeo.com/506627249[/video]
…my daughter dropped in too! [emoji846][emoji1687]
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[Indiana]

1/30/21 – Skateboard (or Park)

I thought at first this was a skateboarder coming in fast behind me on the crowded MBT and whipped my phone around to catch the action.
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[Sophie CW]

1/30/21 – Was riding around The Wharf in DC and saw this with couple walking around with skateboards. How random is that?
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[Sophie CW]

1/30/21 – Was riding around The Wharf in DC and saw this with couple walking around with skateboards. How random is that?

[cvcalhoun]

1/30/21 – Skateboard
Two problems with trying to get a photo of someone on a skateboard with all four wheels off the ground:

1. Timing has to be perfect. Which is tough with a phone camera, because there is a second or so delay between when you press the button and when it takes the photo, which is too long. So you have to predict when this is about to happen, and press the button then.
2. When you hang around a skateboard park and take a whole lot of photos (because it takes practice to manage–see #1), you -start getting pointed questions about whether one of those kids is yours, and if not, why you’re taking pictures of them. I had to engage in some hasty explanation that I was involved in a scavenger hunt, not pedophilia.

Fortunately, in the end, I got the photo and did not get arrested. I’m counting that as a win.
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[Kbikeva]

@tomacsh 206691 wrote:

1/30/21–Skateboard/skatepark
Takoma Park Skate Park
[video=vimeo;506627249]https://vimeo.com/506627249[/video]
…my daughter dropped in too! [emoji846][emoji1687]
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You get ALLLLL the cuteness points! Love the helmet with ears!

[cvcalhoun]

1/30/21 – Skate Park ([FONT=&amp]Bonus point if you capture someone doing a trick where their board is off the ground)[/FONT]
Kensington Skate Park. Recommended by many as the place where they don’t make you wear padding, which I’m not sure I would consider a recommendation.

Two problems with trying to get a photo of someone [FONT=&quot]doing a trick where their board is off the ground[/FONT]:

1. Timing has to be perfect. Which is tough with a phone camera, because there is a second or so delay between when you press the button and when it takes the photo, which is too long. So you have to predict when this is about to happen, and press the button then.
2. When you hang around a skateboard park and take a whole lot of photos (because it takes practice to manage–see #1), you start getting pointed questions about whether one of those kids is yours, and if not, why you’re taking pictures of them. I had to engage in some hasty explanation that I was involved in a scavenger hunt, not pedophilia.

Fortunately, in the end, I got the photo (after a mere 128 tries) and did not get arrested. I’m counting that as a win.

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[camiller]

1/30/2021 Skateboard/Skatepark

At Wakefield Skate Park in Annandale, VA

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[Kbikeva]

@cvcalhoun 206703 wrote:

1/30/21 – Skate Park ([FONT=&]Bonus point if you capture someone doing a trick where their board is off the ground)[/FONT]
Kensington Skate Park. Recommended by many as the place where they don’t make you wear padding, which I’m not sure I would consider a recommendation.

Two problems with trying to get a photo of someone [FONT=”]doing a trick where their board is off the ground[/FONT]:

1. Timing has to be perfect. Which is tough with a phone camera, because there is a second or so delay between when you press the button and when it takes the photo, which is too long. So you have to predict when this is about to happen, and press the button then.
2. When you hang around a skateboard park and take a whole lot of photos (because it takes practice to manage–see #1), you start getting pointed questions about whether one of those kids is yours, and if not, why you’re taking pictures of them. I had to engage in some hasty explanation that I was involved in a scavenger hunt, not pedophilia.

Fortunately, in the end, I got the photo (after a mere 128 tries) and did not get arrested. I’m counting that as a win.

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Not getting arrested is definitely a win!

[drevil]

1/31/21 – “Henri Desgrange” subanagram (5-letter or more word, not the object)

On January 31, 1865, the first organizer of the Tour de France – Henri Desgrange – was born. Using just the letters in his name, find a 5-letter or longer word (not the object) out in the wild. Same rules as usual for these subanagram hunts, the most important being: the word can’t be on something portable like an iPad, phone, or anything you bring yourself from home.

There is a bonus 2 points for this hunt for one person, to be revealed in the attached picture of the first TDF winner, after the day’s hunt is over. A clue is that it is not about finding the longest word.

If you’re in the DC area where it’s forecasted to be inclement weather, PLEASE be careful, and don’t take any risks for this hunt if it’s snowy or icy outside. It’s just 1 point in a long game.

Happy hunting!

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[LisaE]

1/31/21 – “Henri Desgrange” subanagram (5-letter or more word, not the object)

“Green”

I decided to get ahead of the snow and take a midnight ride.

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[Mtansill]

@drevil 206708 wrote:

1/31/21 – “Henri Desgrange” subanagram (5-letter or more word, not the object)

Perhaps unbeknownst to Wikipedia, Henri Desgrange enjoyed gardens.
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[DCAKen]

1/31/21 – “Henri Desgrange” subanagram

Engineer – At the Seabee Memorial on Memorial Ave between Arlington National Cemetery and Memorial Circle

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[cvcalhoun]

1/31/21 – “Henri Desgrange” subanagram (5-letter or more word, not the object)
Range. Which I think may even qualify for the bonus. And I got it in before the snow.

Of course, as soon as I got this shot set up, a voice came over the loudspeaker informing me that the location was closed, and that if I did not vacate the premises immediately, I’d be arrested. Apparently, their alarm system doesn’t recognize the vital necessity of getting out just after midnight and finding an anagram of Henri Desgrange. I decided it was the better part of valor to vacate the premises immediately.

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[Serdar]

@drevil 206708 wrote:

1/31/21 – “Henri Desgrange” subanagram (5-letter or more word, not the object)

There is a bonus 2 points for this hunt for one person, to be revealed in the attached picture of the first TDF winner, after the day’s hunt is over. A clue is that it is not about finding the longest word.

I am not sure I understand what to do for the bonus 2 points. Can Ricky or someone else explain, please?

[Author]

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