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•  Info created by Frank Schulenburg – uploaded by Frank Schulenburg – nominated by Frank Schulenburg --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 04:13, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 04:13, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Laitche (talk) 05:52, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Very beautiful capture with good DoF. --Cart (talk) 06:42, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Wow, a great, dynamic image that at first reminded me of Eadweard Muybridge's motion studies. Technically and compositionally on a high level. -- Radomianin (talk) 09:29, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Palauenc05 (talk) 09:53, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Ermell (talk) 11:22, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Typical Frank Schulenburg quality. Just perfect done --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 13:48, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Addendum: The bird-focus emphasizes the birds(' action) even more (with an unfocused background), and it is very difficult to reproduce (with this event and shoot with the right settings). These points make the photo very unique --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 22:15, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 15:12, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support -- Ivar (talk) 17:21, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Thi (talk) 18:34, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support ★ 22:11, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Νικόλαος Κυριακάκης (talk) 23:48, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Strong support Difficult shot, birds well frozen in flight at 1/2000 sec, and I find the front view very appealing. It's really fun to look at each separately. Would make a great poster in my opinion -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:34, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, Basile. I've literally tried getting a shot like this for years. Then, on Christmas Eve, without any other of the usual photographers at Llano Seco, these wigeons come directly towards me and I start firing… knowing immediately one of my exposures was a money shot. – Look at how funny they are. I'm very thankful to watch this playing out at one of the prime birding spots in California :-) --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 02:54, 26 December 2023 (UTC) 

Well done. My favorite is number 2 from the left :-) Basile Morin (talk) 12:04, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

•  Comment Frank, You could sell this as an NFT for $10,000. :-) --Laitche (talk) 05:55, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 09:29, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Cayambe (talk) 13:17, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --GRDN711 (talk) 14:52, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support per Basile Morin Cmao20 (talk) 18:40, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --SHB2000 (talk) 22:21, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Harlock81 (talk) 22:48, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 05:40, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Unusual action shot. --Tagooty (talk) 05:50, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support Great action. --Aristeas (talk) 14:12, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support — Rhododendrites ^talk |  18:56, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 12:16, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support JukoFF (talk) 00:28, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 25 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /SHB2000 (talk) 07:55, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds/Anseriformes