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

[komorebi]

@drevil 206868 wrote:

2/2/21 – Dog (but not your own)

2/2/2021 — dog. My original plan was to go to the nearby dog park, where there were bound to be dogs romping in the snow. But on my way there, I passed a woman walking her Scottish Terrier. The dog’s black fur was such a striking contrast with the white snow that I u-turned and asked if I could take her dog’s photo. The very nice lady agreed and even tried to get her baffled dog to pose for me. And we had a pleasant conversation about how wonderful it is to have a real snowfall, after two years without.

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[tomacsh]

2/2/21–Dog!

Dog and its human enjoying a stroll along Sligo Creek

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[HokieBeth]

2/2 Dog

This is Monty, part Australian Cattledog park mutt, out for a snowy stroll with his people.

Grateful drevil tossed us a bone today (pun intended). Was a little concerned we’d all be out looking for groundhogs!

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[DCAKen]

2/2/21 – Dog (but not your own)

The National Fire Dog Monument

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[Serdar]

@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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You can go and take another photo of this from a different angle for today’s scavenger hunt.

[LisaE]

@drevil 206868 wrote:

2/2/21 – Dog (but not your own)

A good dog demonstrating an excellent sit and stay while on his walk today.

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[consularrider]

@drevil 206868 wrote:

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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Central Park dog team, mush, mush, mush!

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[bigredboiler]

2/2/21 – Dog!

Luckily dogs like the snow and can easily convince their owners to take them outside. They were everywhere; didn’t need to find a dog park…just stop on every block and say hi to another dog

This is Olive, a neighborhood regular enjoying a lunchtime romp.
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[karenbikes2]

@drevil 206868 wrote:

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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02/02/21
Dog (but not your own)

This dog’s owner seemed to have just given up on getting her dog to play catch-the-snowball. Several young girls (out of the picture to the right) were throwing snowballs towards the dog and yelling “Catch it!” but Fido was totally indifferent.

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[Kbikeva]

I had a goal in mind, but several slushy, treacherous neighborhood streets later, I decided that the next dog I saw would be “it”. And I saw … FIVE dogs out walking their humans. The girls were delighted for their furry babies to star in a scavenger hunt photo. The dogs were indifferent.

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[camiller]

2/2/2021 – dog

This turned out to be harder than I thought it would be. I rode my bike on neighborhood streets and it wasn’t until the 8th mile that I finally found a dog. The dogs’ humans got a good laugh when I told them why I wanted to take their dogs’ picture. The dogs were kind enough to pose for me.

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[CaseyKane50]

2/2/21 – Dog (but not your own)
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Photo taken on Union Street in Alexandria

No dogs in the Alexandria dog parks I went by, but there plenty strolling on the streets. Owners seemed quite happy to have their dogs pose for pictures.

[smb9600]

2/2/21 – Dog

I initially planned to go to Lost Dog Cafe for a picture of their fantastic wall art, but rode by this guy, who was so darn cute, & posed so well, that he seemed to steal the moment. [emoji4]

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[accordioneur]

2/2/21 – Dog!

I held off on my ride until late afternoon for two reasons. First, I wanted to hit the trail at dog walking time, and second, there was a telecon that I needed to dial into, but just to listen. Nothing like getting paid to ride! Anyway, I was just a few blocks from home, traversing the Aronson-Claeys Bikeway, when I spotted a doggo. I whipped out my phone and just as I snapped the picture the dog “struck a pose”. The money shot on the first try!

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[bikesnick]

2/2/21 – Dog (but not your own)

Public art outside McLean Animal Hospital (McLean VA)
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