When good photographs go bad...

After this week, the "When good things go bad..." should be a regular feature around here. Anyways, I was looking to take an artsy beach photo this morning. Low light, few people, nice scenery and my gorillapod. I set the camera on the ground near the surf and....I get this:

Apparently there is this thing called "low tide". Now I am a land lover and was not raised on an island. So, as the waves rushed further into shore, my gorillapod suddenly found itself surrounded by water. A quick grab to retrieve the camera timed perfectly with the auto timer activating and I get that gem of a picture above. Nice. At least the shadow does a nice job of showing off my "beach bod".