![Yellow barrel sponge, underwater, surrounded by sand and soft corals.](https://www.lastwordonnothing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_7263.jpg)
Two weeks ago, I wrote about practicing underwater photography on the junk at the bottom of the public pool – band-aids, mostly – and my hope that I would find something better to photograph in Belize.
Good news: I did. I saw a ton of lovely fish, some sea turtles, and a lot of really neat sponges. And not a single rogue band-aid.
My photos aren’t the most spectacular underwater photos that have ever been taken, but they are the most mine, and I love them.
![](https://www.lastwordonnothing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_7475.jpg)
![A diver silhouetted behind a coral fan.](https://www.lastwordonnothing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_7291.jpg)
![A fish looks out of a sponge.](https://www.lastwordonnothing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_7405.jpg)
Photos: Me.
Find a cleaning station. You can sit there with mask and snorkel as they aren`t deep. I nearly drown myself laughing at the bossy cleaners shepherding much bigger customers back for a final clean-up.