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 (22)
Thelby
Well it sure did make for a Beautiful and Interesting photo!!! Nice Snap!!!
GiMi53
Beautiful winter shot !
Gustave
Nice, almost black and white. Schön!
artaddict2
You can almost feel the freezing temperature here Sig, I love this foggy sky, I'm always trying to learn from the more experienced like yourself, I'll be looking out for shots like this myself. Its a great atmospheric photo for this time of year. Nice to catch the couple far right holding hands.
mairekas
WOW! So beautiful winter capture!
delaorden_ojeda
Bravo ! superb work nice mood, a piece of fine art, fantastic !
Liam.
Fantastic light
clemens-k
that is really awesome!
Valerie-Ducom
Very beautiful mood on this landscape and nice low light of winter ! Good day :)
frankman
Da kann man mal wieder sehen... ich wüsste nicht das wir hier (an der Nordsee) letzten Winter überhaupt Schnee hatten. Das ist nicht gerecht... Sehr schönes Bild!! Neuschwansteine fotografiert doch jeder.. ;-)
TwoPynts
The light, the scene, everything ... pure magic. Wunderbar!
cameraobscura2
Greetings Sigfried, I love the title . . . Thank you for sharing. egmont
Valentin
What an unusual frosty foggy picture from you, Sig! Magical winter image !
witch_1612
Beautiful Capture!!!
Ionel
Splendid image! I like it very much!!!
CavalierLady
A wonderful atmosphere indeed!
danob
You nailed this one Bravo!!
durleybeachbum
A wonderful shot! I found myself shivering even though the heating is full on!
billcody
Coming to Germany to show us the winter, Sig... Yeah, we had snow in Berlin in the last winter, too.... it lasted 2 hours, and that it was all, for the whole season....LOL. The young freshmen do not know, what winter is... Wunderful catch of this winter scene, all is well done. The POV is right, the lanterns are beautiful and give a good contrast, you had a great eye. And congrats for your selection in the weekly galery here.
zoren
brrrrrrr, nice shot!
bkhook
I can't get over your shots... Blow me away!
lesbentley
Lovely shot!