Your Scene: A watchful eye in Brazil

In celebration of their retirement, Kaz Kowalski and his wife, Eugenia, visited Brazil in February and March. Fishing for piranha on the Rio Negro, a blackwater river in northwest Brazil, the couple spotted a caiman emerge from under the water.

As it peered out over the river with its hypnotic eyes, its movement created a wave pattern on the smooth, dark water, Kowalski said.

The longtime Long Beach resident used a Canon SX30IS.

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