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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 (47)
Faemike55
Speechless! Stand in awe!
Alfaomega
Great depth and color! Imaginative use of light.
renecyberdoc
breathtaking sunset.5++ favorite siggi.
bimm3d
gorgeous!!
PSDuck
Beautiful sunset!
aureagle
It's a beautiful shot!!! :)
bazza
Stunning sunset, very lovely colours, Great capture well done!!!
flora-crassella
Herrliches Foto!!!!!!!
0rest4wicked
Phenomenal!!!
prutzworks
beautiful sunset capture
carlx
Fantastic colors, light and mood, Sig!!!
pixelmeister
Darn cool sunset!
casmindo
Great job Sig. Right place at just the right time
Hubba1
Wow, this is awesome, Love the color! Perfect :)
farmerC
Super work.
mila_s
Cool!
flavia49
gorgeous sunset!!
Hendesse
A womderful shot, I love the colors.
beachzz
gorgeous--the colors are stunning. i love sunrise fotos, getting up at that hour when it's quiet, there's just nothing like it!!
durleybeachbum
Stupendous!
emmecielle
Exceptional image and fantastic colours! :)
Miska7
Wonderful sunset! Great capture!
annie5
Awesome sunset..magnific capture!
junge1
I was actually disappointed with this sunset. I had hoped for a typical, tropical sunset with multi-hued Cumulus clouds. These Altostratus clouds could be anywhere, I guess the atmosphere was too dry.
frieder
Wow, Amazing colors, spectacular sunset here! Fantastic work!!!
auntietk
Wow. WOW! This is just spectacular, Sig. Stunning, gorgeous, beautiful, glorious, astonishing ... how many of these would you like? You can have 'em all. This just knocks my socks off!
Minda
love the sunset its beautiful sig..
Dreamingbee
so wonderful colors - excellent sunset
jeroni
Excellent shot, fantastic colors and details
npauling
A beautiful sunset and the light on the water looks great.