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Ignoramus
© Andre du Plessis
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Adrian Donoghue 6 months ago
Great capture Andre
Jan Gravekamp 6 months ago
Great captured scene, title is self explanatory with the man at the background. BW is wonderful as always.
gerard sexton 6 months ago
Classic capture my friend you did the right thing to snatch these three on the wall to give it some context. Straight into my favourites!
Hendrik 6 months ago
Love the chap against the wall!
Christophe Debon 6 months ago
Well seen ! :)
Marcus Björkman 7 months ago
Hahaha I don't know what the signs says, but it doesn't matter, this is both a generally excellent street shot and also very funny!!
Colmar Wocke 7 months ago
A "congratulations" are in order!
Suresh Menon 7 months ago
Great capture and very funny!
Andre du Plessis  Thanks for the comment Suresh
Antonio Grambone 7 months ago
Hi Andre,
great shot... I like the expression of man, nice capture.
Compliments and greetings, Antonio G.
Andre du Plessis  Appreciated Antonio, thanks!
sarah navabi 7 months ago
again great :)
Andre du Plessis  Thanks sarah
Tatsuo Suzuki 7 months ago
Great capture. Haha,nice!
Andre du Plessis  Thank you Tatsuo
Great tones,fine street image ,fine emotions caught ,and unfortunately I can not understand the sign,OMG there is another subject behind,and that made it a hit.
Great catch.
Andre du Plessis  Hi Saad Salem. Glad that you enjoy this stolen one. Regards, Andre
Koen Pieters 7 months ago
he he :)
Andre du Plessis  Greetings Koen. Thanks!
Richard Spurdens 7 months ago
Like the expression and good timing with the guy in the background
Andre du Plessis  :) Thanks Richard.
Jacob Tuinenga 7 months ago
A good b&w image of the tree, but the man in the background makes it great :)
Superb, Andre.
Andre du Plessis  Thank you Jacob ... appreciated.
Martin Marcisovsky 7 months ago
funny but cute)
Andre du Plessis  Thanks Martin
Kim Ayres 7 months ago
Superb!
I thought the title might be something to do with the signs behind the heads. I don't speak French so was wondering whether it was worth typing it into Google Translate, then I saw the guy in the background and it all made sense and I guffawed :)
Andre du Plessis  Good to hear that it did not jump at you Kim. Thanks, Andre
Phyllis Clarke 7 months ago
Andre..what really makes this shot so funny is that they are not aware and we are...they look so nonchalant..and if they only knew what was happening a few feet away.....:) Good capture...:) Phyllis
Andre du Plessis  My thoughts and the fun in this for me as well:) Regards
Willem de Vlaming 7 months ago
:-)
"Apres nous le deluge" f maybe more precisely: "Arriere nous le deluge"

Andre du Plessis  Yes, he is most certainly adding to the treacherous ebb-and-flow here. Cheers Willem!
luceombra 7 months ago
Great capture!
Andre du Plessis  Thanks. I read the bit about you always caring a G12. I need to consider something like that soon.
luceombra  Yes, I confirm it's really a fantastic tool. Just in case I can provide a link where you can see some shots I took with that camera
Wonderful... Took me a few seconds to spot the action... BTW, that's what they call "caught red-handed", or should it be wet-handed?
Andre du Plessis  LOL I think wet-handed would have been the preferred one. Good one Frederic, and cheers!
Egils Spuris 7 months ago
You've got it!
Andre du Plessis  Well, this time I was simply lucky. Thank you Egils
Stéphane Pagani 7 months ago
Very funny! I love it!
Andre du Plessis  Thank you Stephane
great the moment
Andre du Plessis  Thank you Liesbet
Christoph Hessel 7 months ago
This is a strong work Andre. Great done so difficult with three persons, but with four, and really all in the right moment :-) and a great editing stresses the mood. Great done, congrats Andre
Andre du Plessis  Good to read your take on this, thanks Crstoph.
Meike Hofstetter 7 months ago
YES, YES, YES! Great one ;)
Loved that in voting!
Congrats Andre ;)
Andre du Plessis  Many thanks Meike
hardibudi 7 months ago
what a shot Andre! need a very good sense to catch this moment!
Andre du Plessis  Luck is always so essential, thanks, and regards.
Nicolas Marino 7 months ago
hahaha great capture Andre!
Andre du Plessis  Thanks Nicolas:)
Vincent chung 7 months ago
Very nice and thanks for sharing the story....best regards!
Andre du Plessis  My pleasure Vincent. This was a departure in my usual style (in fact here I displayed no 'style' at all) ..... but I managed to steal the image that the moment offered. Which left me rather bemused but happy as well, although feeling quite guilty. But luckily that lasted only 2 mins:)
Robert 7 months ago
What an excellent story! :-)
Andre du Plessis  Many thanks Robert. On another note - this image is much 'whiter' than the stuff I usually prepare, but however I tried, I simply could not get this image to embrace a darker appearance, without it looking over-cooked.
Kevin Ng 7 months ago
Took me a while to see igno but was I got him I couldn't stop smirking - excellent capture Andre.
Andre du Plessis  Glad to read that your eye had to wander a bit, that pleases me. Thanks Kevin.
Fulvio Pellegrini 7 months ago
great moment
Andre du Plessis  Thanks Fulvio.
Reathel Geary 7 months ago
It took a moment to fully grasp the image. Wonderful framing and a great sense of humor. Erwitt would be proud.
Andre du Plessis  I hope so:) Thank you Reathel, and glad to read that you enjoy this.
Thomas Parsons 7 months ago
Another excellent photograph, anchored on the perfect title.
Andre du Plessis  Thank you Thomas. I scratched head on a title for this, as I really did not want to discriminate against the kind folks in the foreground, so Ignoramus seemed OK to me, for that certainly excludes them in the equation. Pisser was my second choice, but it sounded rather too sophisticated:)
FrankBa 7 months ago
Hi Andre
I was always confused with your name, that sounds so french
I was almost clear about you (south african living in UK)
and now you post a picture taken in France....
;-)

Never mind, an interesting picture with these characters, the signs
but I think the most important happen in the background on the right
excellent mix of attitude here
well done
a great one

Andre du Plessis  Hi Frank. yes, you are correct in your deduction, however, I frequently spend time in Normandy. Le Treport is a vishing village in northern France. This village is one of the Three Sisters, comprising Le Treport, Eu, and Mers-les-Bains. This area is mostly known for the St.Jacques scallops that they fish here - an absolute delicatessen and quite costly.
I noticed this chap taking a leak outside the fish market where he was selling fish, and had to very quickly try to get some context to present him in. So this was a stolen shot - these three old folk never saw me coming, however, afterwards they made some mumbly sounds that suggested that they might not have been too chuffed to serve my plate without prior acknowledgement. However, I could only smile and walk on, as they missed the real scene and the purpose of my inclusion of them.
FrankBa  I see !
Monsieur Du Plessis is a fine connoisseur !
one of my favorite one is when they are presented as a Carpacio
The taste is then very delicate !
but not all can eat them raw...
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