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Greg Hitchcock

Active 2005–2010 · Member since November 14, 2003 · Website · PhotoPortfolio
30
Photos
509
Forum posts
1
Critiques

Through the Years

2005–2010
2005
26 portfolio images
+12
2008
4 portfolio images · 289 forum posts · 19 images in discussions
+9
2009
215 forum posts · 1 critique · 10 images in discussions · 1 magazine comment
2010
5 forum posts

PhotoPortfolio

View portfolio · 30 photos

Images in Discussions & Critiques

29 images

Images attached to forum posts and critiques. Usually the member’s own work, though a critique sometimes reworks someone else’s photo.

Barnack Hills and HolesJanuary 18, 2008Scathophaga stercoraria & REPOSTJanuary 21, 2008Re: Scathophaga stercoraria & REPOSTJanuary 22, 2008Nomada goodenianaFebruary 3, 2008Trees in FogFebruary 7, 2008Dingy SkipperMay 11, 2008Gropper in the mossMay 20, 2008Green Tiger BeetleMay 22, 2008Don't poke your tongue out at me...Natrix natrixMay 25, 2008Soldier beetle on sentry dutyMay 27, 2008Blue in the faceJune 1, 2008A different Common Blue...June 3, 2008Broad-bodied ChaserJune 24, 2008Hairy crabJuly 7, 2008Hornet compositAugust 25, 2008Migrant HawkerSeptember 28, 2008Trio of AgaricsOctober 21, 2008Trooping the colourOctober 22, 2008Soldier beetle on sentry duty 2December 15, 2008Re: Reed bunting and croppingJanuary 14, 2009It's cold out...January 14, 2009I see you!February 27, 2009CroakMarch 15, 2009FoureyesMarch 17, 2009Water VoleMarch 22, 2009busyasabeeMarch 26, 2009Sunlight through leavesApril 18, 2009Bluebell wannabesApril 20, 2009DragonflyNovember 30, 2009

Discussions Started

30 topics
Advice sought: first DSLR (Canon) purchaseApril 16, 2008 · 14 repliesGreen Tiger BeetleMay 22, 2008 · 12 repliesA different Common Blue...June 3, 2008 · 12 repliesDingy SkipperMay 11, 2008 · 10 repliesMigrant HawkerSeptember 28, 2008 · 10 repliesDon't poke your tongue out at me...Natrix natrixMay 25, 2008 · 9 repliesIt's cold out...January 14, 2009 · 9 repliesDragonflyNovember 30, 2009 · 9 repliesSoldier beetle on sentry duty 2December 15, 2008 · 8 repliesScathophaga stercoraria & REPOSTJanuary 21, 2008 · 7 repliesBlue in the faceJune 1, 2008 · 7 repliesHornet compositAugust 25, 2008 · 7 repliesTrooping the colourOctober 22, 2008 · 7 repliesSoldier beetle on sentry dutyMay 27, 2008 · 6 repliesTrio of AgaricsOctober 21, 2008 · 6 repliesbusyasabeeMarch 26, 2009 · 6 repliesGropper in the mossMay 20, 2008 · 5 repliesBroad-bodied ChaserJune 24, 2008 · 5 repliesImage stacking helpOctober 20, 2008 · 5 repliesFoureyesMarch 17, 2009 · 5 repliesBarnack Hills and HolesJanuary 18, 2008 · 4 repliesTrees in FogFebruary 7, 2008 · 4 repliesI see you!February 27, 2009 · 4 repliesCroakMarch 15, 2009 · 4 repliesWater VoleMarch 22, 2009 · 4 repliesNomada goodenianaFebruary 3, 2008 · 3 repliesHairy crabJuly 7, 2008 · 3 repliesSunlight through leavesApril 18, 2009 · 3 repliesWild Wonders of EuropeFebruary 21, 2008 · 2 repliesBluebell wannabesApril 20, 2009 · 2 replies

On the Magazine

letters & comments
On Crafting Creative Compositions:An Alliterative Guide to Advanced Artistic Achievement, August 11, 2009
Interesting article. The question of how much credit can we, as nature photographers, take for our images, is certainly one that we should be asking ourselves constantly, if only so we strive to be as creative and original with our nature photography as possible.  IMO, the best landscape images take the eye on a journey through the picture, weather via 'lead-in lines' (as I know them!), association of similar shapes, or something less definable. I find it interesting that a number of the examples you use to illustrate alternative compositional tools con