New England. It's a good place to be Though I have been spending a lot more time on the water this summer and fall then normal (I live in a land locked state but go to college about an hour from the coast).
Oy- I forgot a few comments about my last photo.
SileNceR- thanks for the complement. The vignetting is natural- the result of a 17-40 f4 at f4 on a full frame body.
flamingice- yeah, I agree there was room for improvement on the last shot. I wasn't as happy with my series of images I took as I was with the bird hunting photos I took earlier on.
Got my Cokin A Series filter holder,
a test shot from last night - straight from the camera, only set white balance in RAW before saving as a Jpeg, no photoshoppery