V for victory!

[Louis]

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[stuny]

Excellent shot, but as a Frenchman I'm surprised that you didn't recognize that his hand position is the classic French archer insult, rather than the Churchill victory.  His companion seems to be doing it, too.

[Louis]

Stuny, thank you very much for the information. I was not aware of the meaning of this sign that I have never learned and used before. These two gentlemen were, I think, involved in the construction of the music festival area and passing in a tiny car. When they saw me with my camera, they very kindly saluted me with their “V” signs and I was too close to have both in frame. 
This is a real problem when shooting in the street that we had a discussion about it before in another post. Most of my shots during this festival were with people doing V sign! That ruined my pictures that I had to delete…. I really don’t understand their need of doing that in front of a camera. … Maybe it is instinctive because they don’t know what to do!  Sometimes I can tell them to not do it!

[stuny]

Churchill did it with the hand turned 180 degrees, so the palm side is towards the viewers.  Hopefully, most of the people making the V to you did it Churchill's way.  the other way was most often used by French Archers facing English soldiers.

[Louis]

I was always aware of Churchill V, and I was hoping that people making that sign to me were also aware of that!.... But now, there are so many different signs with hands that I have no idea about the meanings!

[fotografr]

3 minutes ago, Louis said:

But now, there are so many different signs with hands that I have no idea about the meanings!

Neither do most of the people making the signs.