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

[Nadine]

@Mtansill 206849 wrote:

I saw a number of lovely examples on my ride and decided that I would share this example, given the large number of dog fans out there.
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Ok that’s gorgeous

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[Nadine]

2/1/21 – Mondrian
I thought of a flag picture too, since I have a yellow helmet. Realized as I was getting ready to go that actually it couldabin any 2 of the colors, because between me and my bike we were wearing all of them already!

Sorry about the ugly breathe – right. I seem to have a thing for being able to breathe through my nose [emoji16][emoji1744]

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[Indiana]

2/1/21 – the colors Red, Blue, and Yellow in the same picture

I enjoyed this one a lot! I got a few photos with a more Mondrian shade of blue, but this was the most fun shot:
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[Serdar]

@drevil 206768 wrote:

2/1/21 – the colors Red, Blue, and Yellow in the same picture

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Red, blue, and yellow colors on Aldi logo spotted on my ride today
https://www.strava.com/activities/4719296691

[Hannah Lili]

2/1/21-Mondrian Homage -Red, Blue, and Yellow.

This children’s swing in my neighborhood was the perfect find. Mondrian is one of my favorite painters and has a very interesting life story and helped set the stage for abstract expressionism. His New York City 1 piece in 1942 heavily inspired my “most” well-liked art piece. Also, tepid take, a child’s swing is kind of like the simplest form of joy for a child; like his lines were the simplest form of the environment or object he saw. Glad people could think about a great artist today.

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[Kbikeva]

@Indiana 206853 wrote:

2/1/21 – the colors Red, Blue, and Yellow in the same picture

I enjoyed this one a lot! I got a few photos with a more Mondrian shade of blue, but this was the most fun shot:
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Is this at a Ronald McDonald house? Those are such awesome facilities. I have some young friends who have been in one off and on since their son was born a year ago with many, many issues. It’s more home than their own house for now.

[bigredboiler]

Great fog mural….where is it?

[Catedrew]

@drevil 206768 wrote:

2/1/21 – the colors Red, Blue, and Yellow in the same picture

12/1/21 – Red, Blue, and Yellow. In this case, the little free library at Long Branch School in Arlington, VA.

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[josh]

@drevil 206768 wrote:

2/1/21 – the colors Red, Blue, and Yellow in the same picture

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I had an applicable mural, but I like the laundromat more.

[rumipumi]

@josh 206863 wrote:

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I had an applicable mural, but I like the laundromat more.

I like my laundry mean and dirty, but you do you!

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[drevil]

2/2/21 – Dog (but not your own)

On February 2, 1925, dog mushers arrive in Nome, Alaska riding through unimaginably harsh conditions to complete the Serum Run. It later became the inspiration for the Iditarod Race and later the Iditabike.

On your ride, capture a dog in a photo out in the wild, and post here.

Happy hunting!

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[Sophie CW]

2/1/21 – the colors Red, Blue, and Yellow in the same picture – Hope you can see these colors at the Twinbrook Metro parking garage:
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[Indiana]

@Kbikeva 206857 wrote:

Is this at a Ronald McDonald house? Those are such awesome facilities. I have some young friends who have been in one off and on since their son was born a year ago with many, many issues. It’s more home than their own house for now.

Yep, there’s one in Brookland, mainly for families with children cared for at Children’s National Hospital. It makes such a difference to allow family to stay close. Best wishes for your friends and their son.

[josh]

@drevil 206868 wrote:

2/2/21 – Dog (but not your own)

I saw so many dogs outside during my brief ride. I went to the local dog park for maximum dog in one shot, however.
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[CBGanimal]

2/2/21 – Dog ( but not your own)

Wanted to get the bike in so I stood around waiting for a dog to walk by

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