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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..
Comments (20)
lanemtripp
awesome image,all round great!
jeroni
Great shot of this beautiful
timtripp
wonderful image!
billcody
Great snapshot, Sig! A good scenery and you had an eye for it. I love these many different colors of the boats. Happy easter days! Scheisswetter hier, der Winter kam erst zu Ostern. Deutschland eben...
ldgilman
Excellent photo, love the colors. Looks like the building on the other side might have water right up to its door when the tide rolls in.
MrsRatbag
Excellent image, lovely composition, great capture
kenwas
Amazing that boats that large are moored in such a shallow and tide restricted place. Fine shot.
dhanco
Excellent capture of those colorful boats. Very low tide, I'd say.
durleybeachbum
A really beauiful and interesting shot!
rocserum
colorful shot, without human reference they look almost childtoys, well done! RS
G_Mansco
Lovely colourful boats ;O)
jocko500
great shot. wonderful to see how boats work is done in low tites
mps
Interesting image.
amlondono
Beautiful capture ! Ana
aljaysart
Beautiful capture, excellent well done.
Hendesse
Superb shot, very beautiful colors and fantastic details.
delaorden_ojeda
Excelent composition ! excelent details and texture,nice color !
mizoli
Excellent capture!
Cosine
Wow, there must be quite a significant tidal difference here. I guess the sailors need to plan departure and arrival times very carefully.
e-brink
A very nice scene!