Floyd R Turbo wrote:
Looking at your "Part 1" picture of the camera and tripod, it appears the left leg of the tripod was over extended. The center of gravity of the camera is only an inch or two inside of the front two legs making the setup very unstable. It would only take a small gust or anything to push it over. Very sorry for your loss, and I'm sure the event was heavy on your mind for the rest of your trip.
Thanks fort comment, you're correct it was overextended in that picture. I believe the tripod was already on its way to falling into the water when that picture was captured. It was set up in a manner that made it definitely unstable, I had my hand on the tripod whenever it wasn't taking a picture. Did you read part 2? Yes, it did weigh heavy on my mind for the rest of the trip but thankfully the rest of the trip was about 12 hours.