Pointless Prize – Photography Contest

[Mtansill]

UPDATE: In order for me to have any chance at sorting through all the entries in a timely manner, please note that I will only be accepting entries through the end of Monday, 9 March.

Hello Everyone!

I absolutely love taking artsy-fartsy and other fun photographs on my rides. Nothing is more satisfying to me than capturing that perfect shot, and perhaps inspiring others to get out and go explore by riding their bicycles!

In honor of my passion, I am resurrecting the Freezing Saddles photography contest. If you want to participate, there are two ways that you can enter:

1. Use Instagram, and use hashtag #freezingsaddles2020 (your account must be set to public so that I can see the photographs)
2. Use this thread.

A few guidelines:
The photos must be taken during FS2020, and I may cut it off early to give time for the decision-making process.
Unless it’s artistic – massive numbers of your coffee, beer, or sock pictures used for other pointless prizes will not grab my attention. I want to see photos that are worthy of being framed.
I believe that applying filters at any part in the process is just fine. I don’t want to see splicing, but the range of Instagram filters, for example, is just fine.
Beware of adding filters, because they can affect the resolution. I may request a copy of the original photo, but if your art is built on filters… well, might not work as well.
Beautiful photographs without bike bits: The answer is… I will want to see photographs that remind me specifically of freezing saddles. Something that has at least something bicycle-related is good (even a shadow, or perhaps just tire tracks). Gorgeous photos.. yeah, I can’t say that I won’t consider them, but I will err towards the bikey as the plan is to construct a thematic calendar.

The prize: I will choose the best 12 photos and create a calendar for 2021! Everyone who wins will receive a free copy, and I will determine later the best method for making additional copies if there is interest.

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[SarahBee]

@Boomer2U 195705 wrote:

Bike artsy fartsy enough, literally?

Liberty Street public parking lot, Leesburg VA, near W&OD and King Street intersection (behind the Georgetown Park and tree [emoji269] foliage when not freezing saddles season)

LoveWork, W&OD terminus, Purcellville VA

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I was hoping the pics would be artsy FATTIER!

[LuisFilipe]

Winter is hard at the beach

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[Mtansill]

Some lovely photos so far, folks! Keep them coming and let’s hope for some snow soon.

The thread that SteveO posted earlier, note #8 links to photos that I took in my first year. http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?8401-Best-of-BAFS2015

Cheers.

[Sunyata]

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Bull Run Mountain horse snuggles!

[musclys]

I just cannot get into forcing my bike frame into a picture:

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[musclys]

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There, that’s better.

[drevil]

Ride Interrupter along the Indian Creek Trail by ricky d, on Flickr

[Boomer Cycles]

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[huskerdont]

The only trail more beautiful than a full trail is an empty one:

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[Jessica Hirschhorn]

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[Pablo]

A few flurries
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Icy trail
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[drevil]

Flow B+W by ricky d, on Flickr

Colorized.

[drevil]

So a follow up question: if you are making a calendar with these photos, is it safe to assume orientation (i.e., landscape vs portrait) as well as ratio (e.g., square, 3:4, 9:16, etc.) are important? If so, what is your preference? If not, I assume you’ll just chop the pics to fit or leave white space on the sides or top & bottom.

Let me know if I’m not making sense

[huskerdont]

Always partial to orange bikes and snow.

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[rcannon100]

First submission: Entitled: “Returning Home to Darby” *

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* An ongoing series

BTW this is Darby:

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