I'm back again. First thank you Alan and Nandakumar for your kind words!
So I got lucky today and had "my friends" show back up in the field across the road. Apparently the roadkill still had some appeal to them!
I tried the first two pics I've selected for posting with the TV mode on my Rebel T3i - ISO400, f11 1/500 250mm (full out)
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The next two were taken in AV mode - ISO400, f8, 1/1000 and 250mm
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So there is always the difficulty of focusing properly, movement of camera and lighting, but is there any improvement I can make with the settings of my camera to achieve better results?
Again, all comments are welcome! And thank you for taking an interest in helping me! 