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Big Dalton Canyon Wilderness Park

Posted on | September 12, 2008 | 7 Comments

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I stopped by the local wilderness park on Monday night about twenty minutes before closing time just to try some sound gathering in the woods. I was pleasantly surprised to see some fall color developing. See the two pictures above for a comparison.

I was hoping to hear some animal calls because on a previous visit I saw my first black bear. I caught a glimpse of it darting across the road into the foliage as I drove by. I was also told by the ranger that someone reported a mountain lion sighting the day before that.

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7 Responses to “Big Dalton Canyon Wilderness Park”

  1. Sherri Meyer
    September 15th, 2008 @ 9:57 am

    Pretty cool Richard! I can only imagine how many great sounds you will capture in the future.

    I bet you will be out recording ocean waves crashing against the rocks very soon, if you haven’t already!

  2. Richard Wong
    September 15th, 2008 @ 11:16 am

    Thanks Sherri. The other day I went to this area around the corner in the Angeles National Forest past dusk to do some sound gathering and it kind of freaked me out every time I heard an unfamiliar sound. :-)

    I’ve definitely thought about going back to Leo Carrillo to record some sound but its far from here. I do have an interesting ocean photo shoot coming up very soon though.

  3. Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images
    September 16th, 2008 @ 7:53 am

    The recording is great with this picture, except for the few loud clicks… such an odd noise those. Can’t say as I’ve ever heard anything like that before. It’s almost like something – *click* – unnatural.

  4. Richard Wong
    September 16th, 2008 @ 12:38 pm

    Yeah I haven’t figured out what that noise is either Gary. I wouldn’t expect other photographers to figure it either…

  5. Ron Niebrugge
    September 19th, 2008 @ 2:52 pm

    That is a cool place Richard! I hadn’t heard of it before now. Hard to believe that is in So Cal.

    Ron

  6. Richard Wong
    September 19th, 2008 @ 4:07 pm

    Thanks Ron. If you’re down here again this winter, I’ll show you some local spots in the mountains.

  7. M. D. Vaden of Oregon
    October 12th, 2008 @ 6:47 pm

    In the past few years, I’ve only seen a black bear twice. Once up on a hill above Blue Ledge mine just over the border in CA, south of Applegate Lake, where a small bear was up a tree. Then the next year, a bigger one crossing the road aboue 6 miles from there, near the Upper Applegate river, just shy of Cook and Green Trail in California.

    After looking at your photos, it just came to mind that you mind find ingenious ways to photograph poison-oak this time of year, as the vines on redwoods turn pink and red, and the colorful leaves drop on the forest floor.

    Cheers,

    M. D. Vaden of Oregon

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