Photos: Wildlife photographer captures images of mountain lion

Camera trapper Robert Martinez hikes into the Angeles National Forest from Glendora to check his cameras.

Camera trapper Robert Martinez hikes into the Angeles National Forest from Glendora to check his cameras.

  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

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Resetting a camera

Martinez resets one of his 11 cameras in Angeles National Forest.

  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Checking a camera

Martinez checks a camera.

  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Deer skull

Martinez picks up a deer skull at a spot where one of his cameras captured a mountain lion feeding on the carcass.

  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Camera

One of Martinez’s cameras in a canyon in the hills.

  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Laptop computer

Martinez views images on a memory card from one of his cameras on a beat-up laptop.

  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Angeles National Forest

Martinez hikes into the Angeles National Forest to check his cameras.

  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)