Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
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Comments (18)
aerrynn
Wow! Great picture, great colours!
Hendesse
Great shot with beautiful colors and fantastic reflections. A very impressive landscape!
JuliusS-J
Really impressice landscape and nice reflection.
PaxSV
Impressive shot! PaxSV
BernieStafford
Fantastic colours - great reflections!
tizjezzme
BEAUTIFUL reflection, too .. glad you took the time to shoot this. Darling avatar, too :)
amlondono
Beautiful Shot ! .
stolta
Wow, very beautiful.
mermaid
very beautiful shot and colors...hmmm just wondering, if while choosing the view to shoot I would have cut the bottom a bit more and left a bit more sky above the mountains...not sure though...just an idea...smile
junge1
To mermaid, thanks for the critique! I agree with. I thought about taking some of the foreground out, but unfortunately, I didn,t have extra sky to add. thanks again...
junge1
To tiziezzme, thanks for the avatar comment. I remember when that picture was taken. I hated the sailor suit and I hated the photographer that wanted me to smile. I learned a lesson from that. Don't ask people to smile when you are going to take their picture. Say something funny that will make them smile.
billcody
Wonderful snapshot! You catched the reflections very well! 5 ++++ (nice avatar, too - remembers me at something -lol...)
mzedanh
Nice.
RobyHermida
Fantastic image!!!!! ROBY ;o)**** (o;
Cosine
Excellent shot, Sig. I love the purple color of the mountains, and the reflection is absolutely perfect. In theory some more sky would be good, but it looks like the sky is so white that it would be meaningless. I suspect that you got the best composition that was available.
leanndra
A breathtaking photo with a wonderful serene atmosphere to it! Oh to be able to just walk into the photo! Thanks for sharing it with us. Lea
littlemonkeyhead2
What a beautiful shot...you do have an eye for beauty...linda
littlemonkeyhead2
What a beautiful shot...you do have an eye for beauty...linda