Underneath a Hawksbill Turtle in San Pedro, Belize

Photographer

L. Kelly Jones

Category

Nature Photography - Aquatic/ Underwater

Company

L. Kelly Jones

Submission Group

Amateur

Year

2025

Country / Region:

United States

My motto underwater is "be still, get low, and look up." I saw this hawksbill from a short distance away and tried to position myself in its projected path, and I descended as quickly as I could. Fortunately, it came right over me. Most turtle photographs focus on the shell; by far the more interesting photographs are below the turtle.