# Help me name these... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2007, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-these/400075 "2007-04-14T06:42:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-these/400075/41 "2007-04-15T18:34:20Z")
It isn’t so much that it’s “the effect I was going for” as that’s what is in the photo it is taken from: [the photo](http://gallery.opalcat.com/gallery/Family/DSC04011) (if you click “next” a few times you will see a few other pictures from the same time) I did make some deliberate changes from the photo, but I liked the original colors, so I didn’t change those. I don’t like the “hell” implication of your title, though… I don’t want to imply negativity in this painting (obviously the viewer will not have the personal connection that I did, but this was a very special, wonderful night with my son, and the idea of calling it “hell” just doesn’t fit) ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-these/400075/42 "2007-04-15T18:47:10Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] I don’t like the “hell” implication of your title, though… I don’t want to imply negativity in this painting (obviously the viewer will not have the personal connection that I did, but this was a very special, wonderful night with my son, and the idea of calling it “hell” just doesn’t fit) [/QUOTE] Sounded to me like a political remark, given the location. Truth to tell, I find the outstretched arm distracting. Did you do a painting of the one with his back to the camera? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-these/400075/43 "2007-04-15T18:52:33Z")
I didn’t do paintings of any of the other photos from that day. That one was the only one that stood out to me as an interesting composition and potential painting–the others were merely snapshots to remember an event and not potential art (in my opinion). In fact I had planned on doing _something_ with that photo from the minute I downloaded it to my computer… I was just captivated by the scene. And yes, the outstretched arm is…something. For me it is more “intriguing” but I can see “distracting” as well. I have no idea what he was pointing at but I think it makes you wonder. I think it makes it feel like there is a story behind the image. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-these/400075/44 "2007-04-15T19:16:55Z")
Nice work! I am not much good for naming them though. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-these/400075/45 "2007-04-15T22:54:49Z")
For the photo, how about “Off on a Journey” or something like that? He looks like his book has taken him far, far away. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-these/400075/46 "2007-04-16T01:01:22Z")
The original photograph is stunning. I can see why you’d want to paint it. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-these/400075/47 "2007-04-16T01:28:17Z")
As for the second picture, I like the suggestion someone made earlier, “Puck” But as for what it reminds you of, I’ll bet it’s that last scene in “2001”, when the “space baby”, drifting along, sees Earth. Can’t help on the first picture. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-these/400075/48 "2007-04-16T13:15:51Z")
Remember to tell us the results of the contest, and show later. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-these/400075/49 "2007-04-16T17:13:45Z")
Here is how I’m leaning right now: 1. Leaving Chinatown 2. The Enlightenment 3. Afternoon Reverie thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_Jackal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Clockwork\_Jackal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_Jackal)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-these/400075/50 "2007-04-16T17:35:30Z")
My suggestions… #1 Miasma at Midnight #2 A Light in the Dark #3 Afternoon Reverie ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-these/400075/51 "2007-04-19T14:39:18Z")
HOORAY!!! All four things I submitted to the exhibition were accepted! There were a total of 178 works of art submitted, and 73 were accepted into the show. _happy dance_ Anyone in the Atlanta area is welcome to come… the opening reception is next Wednesday 7-9pm in the Sturgis Gallery (in the library building at Kennesaw State University) and the show runs through May 17. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-these/400075.md?page=2)