I continue to hike and photograph in winter. Even a snowless winter has its charm and hue. However when those tiny winks of March color open up against the dead leaves that have blanketed the woods since Thanksgiving it awakens me. There are many parts to a photographer’s psyche. One aspect has to be the need to capture fleeting things. Early spring wildflowers are odd and glorious and they don’t last long. And there's always one glowing afternoon in spring between bare branc