the birdlife was pretty cool in the big laguna, but the coolest animals were definitely the cayman. like sharks they just have a sinister/danger vibe going on which is both scary and captivating. when we saw our first one we paddled the boat up quite close and started taking pictures. i was snapping away, and then went to change some settings. i upped the shutter speed too much and the pictures ended up really underexposed. annoyingly this was at the exact moment when the reptile opened it's mouth wide exposing it's teeth in a yawning pose. i beat myself up about missing that one for the rest of the trip.

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the birdlife was pretty cool in the big laguna, but the coolest animals were definitely the cayman. like sharks they just have a sinister/danger vibe going on which is both scary and captivating. when we saw our first one we paddled the boat up quite close and started taking pictures. i was snapping away, and then went to change some settings. i upped the shutter speed too much and the pictures ended up really underexposed. annoyingly this was at the exact moment when the reptile opened it's mouth wide exposing it's teeth in a yawning pose. i beat myself up about missing that one for the rest of the trip.

here's the original