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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)
aangus
Jeez what a view. Brilliant place to be at new year. Cracking shot & well worth viewing full size. The Seracs look well dodgy, do you have to cross them to get up to the top I wonder?
junge1
@aangus. I don't know. I only took the lift up and down again. It was hard enough just to walk around up there, Sig..
witch_1612
Fantastic!!!!!
artaddict2
This series of photos have all been so impressive Sig, thanks for sharing them. I have never been on snow capped mountains. I always wonder if I will ever get to places like this!
Octaganoid
Fantastically crisp and sharp.. Beautiful !
JaneEden
Magnificent photography of a magnificent view - awesome - hugs Jane xx
amlondono
IMPRESSIVE ! Excellent photography Sig ! Ana
Cosine
What a fantastic view! It looks like an avalanche could happen at any time. I'm amazed that you got such a good DOF at f/3.5. Love the blue color of the snow.
mark.spooner
Excellent work.
cameraobscura2
Greetings Siegfried, The magnitude of these mountains is awesome. Nature is truly special. Thank you for sharing. egmont
frankie96
These images are really great..this one is very clear and detailed.. I rode a cable car to the top of the Zugspitze several years ago and this brings back memories of what we saw..
ledwolorz
Amazing work,
gerberc
Stunning view!
Franzjoseph
Brill. I,ve been up there years ago and have a shot similar to this, but different lighting (Summer Middle afternoon);but its on proper film so I can't share it with you. As a viewing platform you can,t beat it. The Matterhorn can be seen in distant Switzerland. So go on everybody, book a holiday in Chamonix and get up that cable car. And by the way it is hard getting about up there, if there's no wind there's no air either.
delaorden_ojeda
wonderful capture, it is like a dream. Superb pov and mood, bravo !
durleybeachbum
Beautiful!!!
carrotsoup
Wow Wow this is stunning.
helanker
What a gorgeous view. So clear and beautiful. A really beautiful capture.
KarmaSong
A gorgeous vista of dazzling beauty. It echoes a lot of things in my mind. Thank you for sharing, Sig :-)
timtripp
breathtaking....
mps
Wonderful image.
TombStonepl
Great composition! This is really beautiful!