Last night around 9:00 PM I went out along the Biloxi Bay with my Canon Rebel XT and tripod. My goal was to shoot the Imperial Palace Casino from across the water. I took a few shots from the shoreline before moving down to a pier. I think I was in a hurry because of some cool clouds that were moving in. I failed to pocket my RC1 wireless remote. The consequence was that as I set up my tripod I dropped the remote.

Bounce, bounce, bounce…kerplunk. It fell into about three feet of murky water. I love that little remote as it offers some flexibility over a wired remote. However, my one criticism is that it lacks a lanyard loop.

For the rest of the evening I was limited to 30 second exposures and playing around with the ISO and other settings. I think I still got some nice shots, but I will not know for sure until I get a look at the RAW files. I still want to go down on the beach and shoot places like the still destroyed Treasure Bay Casino and some of the piers, but there is not enough light down there to shoot on Aperature Priority. Maybe I can get some sunset shots, though?