I don't get it, and I'm starting to get a complex....

[qnr]

How come, everywhere I go I see people coming up with these wonderful titles for their photographs? I'm lucky if I can think of something appropriate for two out of every hundred of mine. Where the heck does the inspiration come from?

Thank you for letting me whine about something totally insignificant.

[CC]

1. Join the crowd, lol

Most of us have a hard time coming up with names for our photos. Pássaro Cinza looked neat and all that but all I could think of was Gray Bird. So the SO suggested it in Spanish, still ho hum so ended up in Portuguese because it looked and sounded neater.

[qnr]

2. heheh well, at least I know I'm not alone :) n/t

[JeffR]

3. I usually start with the idea that a new photograph should be called

"An Amazing Distillation of Art and Technology Which Will Enable Viewers to Experience Visual Reality in a Wholly New and Completely Unprecedented Way". Then, after a little sober second thought, I opt for something like "Pavement After Rain".

[qnr]

4. I can see how that might happen. :) n/t

[JeffR]

11. In the case of my pix

it's pretty much inevitable.

[Placebo]

5. My titles suck big time.

They're like...funny, but not intentionally so.

If it was up to me they'd all be UNTITLED 001 or UNTITLED 078.

[qnr]

6. See, now I'm the type of person that would stare at your photograph

and title for 20 minutes, attempting to get my mind around whether a title could be untitled :)

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. Why does a photo need a title?

Shouldn't it speak for itself? :shrug:

[qnr]

8. Well, I can't say whether it needs one or not, I just grew up in the 60's,

so I try to keep up with the Joneses.

[regnaD kciN]

12. Because, if not...

...we'd have some really interesting photo contest polls!

PHOTO CONTEST FINALS

"                     " Vote
"                     " Vote
"                     " Vote
"                     " Vote
"                     " Vote
"                     " Vote
"                     " Vote
"                     " Vote
"                     " Vote
"                     " Vote

:evilgrin:

[Blue_In_AK]

9. I can't ever think of titles either

Usually I end up just putting the place name, i.e., "Mt. McKinley," or something equally obvious such as "birches," "highbush cranberry," whatever. No imagination here.

[qnr]

14. "Some moderately interesting tree on the rail trail #427" :) n/t

[regnaD kciN]

10. Hey, look at "Phantom in the Mist"...

When I originally posted that photo in the "help me pick my entry" thread, it was titled The White Tree. :boring: I only changed it after another poster suggested it should be called Casper. Since I hated that TV show as a kid, I came up with another "ghostly" name, but only after going through White Ghost, The White Ghost, Ghost in the Mist, White Phantom, and many others far too embarrassing to mention.

(I'm also reminded of the title a high-school classmate gave for one of his poems: Untitled, And For Good Reason.)

[qnr]

15. I see. I thought that was a great name, wasn't aware of the steps you

went through.

[TahitiNut]

17. I still think of it as "Casper"

:rofl:

("another poster"? Hmph!)

[regnaD kciN]

22. O.K., I'll give credit where credit is due...

You were the one who made that suggestion. I couldn't check at the time because, once you start a reply, you can't go back in Firefox and open another tab on the same DU group to check the thread, or it will refuse to let you submit your post.

[Cobalt Violet]

13. Maybe , just maybe your more visually oriented.

I know I am. Words can be tough for me most of the time. I really struggle to name my paintings. If words came easy maybe I wouldn't need to express my concept visually. But I love visual expression more.

[qnr]

16. That's an interesting thought. I think that might relate, though more

more of a matter of my not dealing with people much than because I think of my photos as art.

[ET Awful]

18. I know :(, the best title I can come up with is usually

DSC_3427.JPG

:P

[qnr]

19. Actually, considering my goal in life is to confuse as many people as

humanly possible, I've thought of attacking it from the opposite end of the spectrum. Say.... maybe some ducks swimming peacefully in the river would be "3rd face in the brick structure found on Titan" :)

[Touchdown]

20. I dunno how I do it. Just comes naturally.

Not to be smug or anything, I just think of things and type them in.

One shooter up there asked why. In a computer, it gets very hard to find the one you want to print if they all begin with "DSC_...or DNSC...or NIKD..."

Of course knowing the names of flowers is a help. Most of mine are named...Purple, orange, red, white, pink, pinker, PINK! , and Tulip (I know what that one is).

I had a dozen pics of Bison at Yellowstone, and Bison, Bison 2, Bison Crossing, Traffic Jammers (they were on the road), Bison Spy, Buffalo Heard, etc. got old, but a close up of one I named "Standing TOO close!"

I'lll post them later on.

One Portrait I took of a HS senior (Krissi) had her in torn jeans, standing next to a graffiti tagged wall, with shades on. I named it "Hot Child in the City". She got a kick out of it.

[qnr]

21. Must be nice. Great names! n/t