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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 (42)
flora-crassella
....eine beeindruckende Aufnahme! Sehr dramatisch!!!
lizzibell
Beautiful view...
virginiese
What an atmosphere ! I thought it was a Vue Scene :-) Nice light and landscape ! A nice picture
ledwolorz
Beautiful landscape and wonderful photo.
Sylvia
~Magically Beautiful~ FABULOUS!! ^5^
jeroni
fantastic capture my friend, excellent image
Meisiekind
Stunning moody and stormy image Sig! I love the rays coming through the cloud cover! Great work! :)
fredster66
Amazing image. Very beautiful!
durleybeachbum
Stunning example of aerial perspective, Sig! I may show this to my painting students.
busi2ness
Lovely cloud scape and a stunning atmosphere over the lake.
tallpindo
In 1993 our forces had returned to the Pacific. The natural events were once again a matter of daily review.
SapUS59
gorgeous landscape and capture my friend !!
Alz2008
Beautiful image, excellent well done..
CavalierLady
What a wealth of images you have, Sig. Great that you saved them all and well able to scan and share these beautiful places with us. Lovely!
timtripp
wonderful shot sig!
JeffG7BRJ
A very dramatic sky Sig, and an excellent capture of it, great mood that you have captured. It holds a certain beauty all of its own. Would make quite a nice print I think Sig, I wouldn't mind hanging in my den. Superb work. Bravo!!!!!
dragonmuse
Absolutely lovely.
Janiss
This sublim clouds give a fabulous reflections in the water... a great capture Sig!
MrsLubner
stunning! I can smell the air.
rawdodb
Beautiful shot!!!
emmecielle
Fantastic atmosphere!!! :)
thevolunteer
Nice shot. I can almost feel the impending rain. Aloha and have a safe 4th, if you celebrate it.
MongusKing
Fantastic work my friend!!!
Hendesse
Spectacular light and mood. Excellent and very impressive shot!
bebert
very nice shot.
mark.spooner
A beautiful capture.
mizoli
Excellent photo, beautiful light and colors!
Tanglimara
Fabulous and stunning clouds my friend, excellently captured. Tony :-)
e-brink
Excellent landscape - spectacular weather!
tizjezzme
Another lovely shot; I love them sun rays!