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

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[Serdar]

@drevil 206868 wrote:

2/2/21 – Dog (but not your own)

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Another indifferent doggy
https://www.strava.com/activities/4724572074

[rumipumi]

2/2 DOG

Roxie

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[LeftyLaura]

2/2/2021-Dog of the Jersey kind

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[Serdar]

@Kbikeva 206897 wrote:

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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“dogs out walking their humans”

[Laurie E.]

@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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2/2/2021 Dog (but not your own)

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[Steve O]

The Dog Park did not have any dogs

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[Steve O]

2/2/2021 Dog (but not your own)

However, the regular park did. This dog’s owner was delighted to have her dog contribute to the scavenger hunt.

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[Mtansill]

2/2/2021 – dog

Many dogs to be found after work, and I decided to ask a woman I’ve frequently seen run past our house with these two beauties if I could take their picture.
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[cvcalhoun]

2/2/21 – Dog (but not your own)
This was actually the third dog I saw on my ride. I had planned to go to PetSmart, knowing there were dogs going in and out of there all the time. Then half a block from my house, I saw a man walking his dog, and asked whether I could take a picture of his dog. He asked suspiciously why I wanted it, and I explained it was a scavenger hunt. He was clearly still uncomfortable, so I said, “If it’s a problem, I don’t need to.” He replied, “I’d rather you didn’t.” I didn’t want to force the issue, so I started off again toward PetSmart.

A few blocks further on was a park, and there were a couple of people playing fetch with a retriever. I had to run across the park to catch up with them, but they readily allowed me to photograph their dog. The only issue was that the dog wasn’t interested in me, so it took a few tries before I could get a photo where he wasn’t looking away from me.

At that point, I could have gotten my shot with something that wouldn’t even have been a sleaze ride. But I decided that I really should get more exercise than that, so I biked another four miles or so. Then just before I reached my own driveway, I found a woman walking this one. Not only did she agree to having him photographed, but he clearly decided I might have some treats, and looked eagerly at me.

Of course, then my phone shut down, and I thought I had lost all the photographs of him. But it turned out I had lost only two of the three. Here is the remaining one.

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[Kbikeva]

@cvcalhoun 206916 wrote:

2/2/21 – Dog (but not your own)
This was actually the third dog I saw on my ride. I had planned to go to PetSmart, knowing there were dogs going in and out of there all the time. Then half a block from my house, I saw a man walking his dog, and asked whether I could take a picture of his dog. He asked suspiciously why I wanted it, and I explained it was a scavenger hunt. He was clearly still uncomfortable, so I said, “If it’s a problem, I don’t need to.” He replied, “I’d rather you didn’t.” I didn’t want to force the issue, so I started off again toward PetSmart.

A few blocks further on was a park, and there were a couple of people playing fetch with a retriever. I had to run across the park to catch up with them, but they readily allowed me to photograph their dog. The only issue was that the dog wasn’t interested in me, so it took a few tries before I could get a photo where he wasn’t looking away from me.

At that point, I could have gotten my shot with something that wouldn’t even have been a sleaze ride. But I decided that I really should get more exercise than that, so I biked another four miles or so. Then just before I reached my own driveway, I found a woman walking this one. Not only did she agree to having him photographed, but he clearly decided I might have some treats, and looked eagerly at me.

Of course, then my phone shut down, and I thought I had lost all the photographs of him. But it turned out I had lost only two of the three. Here is the remaining one.

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I have two observations:

1. What are you doing riding in the daytime? That’s so not you, CV!
2. The looks more like a wolf-dog. I hope you gave him treats. He knows where you live and if he doesn’t, he can just sniff his way there to find you.

I’m always entertained by your descriptions of your rides!

[cvcalhoun]

@Kbikeva 206917 wrote:

I have two observations:

1. What are you doing riding in the daytime? That’s so not you, CV!
2. The looks more like a wolf-dog. I hope you gave him treats. He knows where you live and if he doesn’t, he can just sniff his way there to find you.

I’m always entertained by your descriptions of your rides!

I prefer to ride at night. But I didn’t think I’d be likely to find a dog out at night. Lots of dogs in my neighborhood, but strays are rare.

But alas, I didn’t have any treats with me!

[Boomer Cycles]

2/2/21 – dog (but not your own)

I found a #litdoggo whose human had to ask his Mom first if I could take their pic, and then the dog lunged at me. After that, I stopped asking dog walkers for their pics, and just concentrated on staying upright between the black ice and the wind!

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[Indiana]

2/2/21 – Dog (but not your own)
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Triple dog dare!
Happy panting furry dogs
Painted long bizarro dog
The word “dog”

All at the dog park at Alethia Tanner park on the Met Branch Trail. I was reading recently how this relatively new park was named for Alethia Tanner who was born a slave, purchased her freedom in 1910, helped free others, and worked to establish the first school for black children in DC.

[Kbikeva]

@Indiana 206922 wrote:

2/2/21 – Dog (but not your own)
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Triple dog dare!
Happy panting furry dogs
Painted long bizarro dog
The word “dog”

All at the dog park at Alethia Tanner park on the Met Branch Trail. I was reading recently how this relatively new park was named for Alethia Tanner who was born a slave, purchased her freedom in 1910, helped free others, and worked to establish the first school for black children in DC.

Small but important typo — she purchased her freedom in 1810, not 1910.

[mootsfy]

2/2/21 – Dog (but not your own)

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