Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Bird sex - Two copulating ducks showing a corkscrew penis inserted in a cloaca in Don Det Laos.jpg

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Info Educational, in my opinion. Luckily, male and female sexual organs are both visible. Created - uploaded - nominated by Basile Morin -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:27, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Sex tape released :-) -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:27, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support The main downside is the heads of both animals are out of focus. The visible reproductive organs mostly make up for the downside IMO. Now to scrub this off of my search history... --Zzzs (talk) 01:33, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your review. Aperture F/10 and time 1 /250 s is the maximum combination I could get here, and only 100 mm focal length. Going closer would have scared the birds. Focus was of course intentional -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:24, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support I have told people about the corkscrew fallus, this image offers proof. As I understand it, the mallard's has barbs on it. It not a pretty picture, so to speak, but it documents something rarely observed, and the image brings into clear and sharp detail the evolution of a duck's fallus. --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 01:44, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, having browsed through the categories, I noticed we have incredibly few images of this type, and even fewer quality images. I totally agree this one will never make a poster for a living room :-) But it's also original and perhaps more educational than a bunch of solitary ducks walking or swimming on a pond. Thank you very much -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:14, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Interesting and good documentation but I don't believe this is one of our finest images (in terms of subject, ligthing, detail, compo), sorry, Basile, Poco a poco (talk) 17:56, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support --MZaplotnik^(talk) 09:12, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Pretty rare capture. The focused area is very sharp etc. The light is not thrilling, but it is favourable insofar as it avoids harsh shadows (which would obscure the, hem, private parts). And it’s unavoidable that the subjects look away. We have promoted misc. bird photos etc. of rather mediocre quality because of the rarity of the species; hence we should promote this rare scene, too. – Aristeas (talk) 13:31, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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