Thanks Marty, yep time is pressing and the weather isn't helping. The day I shot these shots was the first time I used liveview very much. At 10x it allowed me to really nail the focus. And I could watch the eagle on the larger lcd once I set focus and fire with a remote cord when I got the pose I wanted.

Most surprising is how much me free version of noiseware cleans them up and the large original size means good detail is maintained. I'm finding out that it matters when I apply the NR during processing so I'm still playing with that. See you out there.