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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,
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Comments (49)
jclP
wow,big cruiseships,nice schot
lizzibell
nice shot...
icerian
So majestic and human as well. Well seen! 5+
Nyala
Cool shot. Wish I was on one of the ships .... I want Holidays!!! ;)
glix70
Wow!!! Incredible capture, they seem like big buildind!!! Great idea!!! :)
renecyberdoc
i prefer this shot,although the other one was beautiful as well.great photograph you are,i am a bad one-maybe i should work more with my camera,i guess.
virginiese
it looks like small towns :-)
dragonmuse
From this angle they klook like floating office buildings.. truly amazing.
jeroni
Fanstastic photo
PIERRE25
Jolie photo!
lyron
Spectacular!!!
kaward
Overpowering sense of scale, stunning!
prutzworks
agree with kaward
tallpindo
I see even a third ship behind the one. Now this is crowded. High density on the high seas.
casmindo
WOW the ships are shown in the immense Glory. Nice shot Sig.
stevey3d
Fantastic image! Superb pov, love all of the detail!
Meisiekind
Gosh - they are huge! Great pic showing the enormity of these palaces Sig! :)
bmac62
Say Sig, do these big ships have smoke stacks anymore? I'm not sure what the stack like device is on the Liberty...complete with wings. Neat view here. And who washs all the windows:-)
timtripp
Impressive!
flavia49
Fantastic POV!!!! a fav!
beatoangelico
spectacolare capture...excellent image...well done..!!!
Hendesse
Stunning view on this giants. Excellent shot!
MrsRatbag
They are so incredibly huge! Great shot!
debbielove
They just seem TOO big for me! You need to get away from all the hastle not take it with you, surely? BUT! Gotta admit, mate. They are HUGE things. Saw one of the Carnival ships in Barbados.(Wings). It certainly was big! And Ocean Village was almost 90,000 tonnes! Cool picture again, Rob.
thecytron
Great shot!
Sea_Dog
Great complement to your pierside shot! I like how you show both topsides.
allisonbender
Absolutely incredible .... thanks for sharing!!! tom
kgb224
Excellent capture my friend.
shadownet
You can really began to appreciate the scale from this one. True giants indeed!
annie5
Amazing shot..impressive Sig! :)