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 (26)
Faemike55
Very mooooving image, Sig! Amazing that the developers forget that without food sources, there are no people to buy their homes and condos.....
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend.
auntietk
Approximately one out of every six cows find photography more interesting than grass. An additional one in six appear to prefer aviation. Learning by observation leads to some very interesting conclusions! :P
bimm3d
cool shot!!
junge1
@auntietk. Good oberservation Tara. Some years ago we did some investigation of ag land in the Upper San Pedro River. On one of the pastures were about 50 head of cattle. The moment we stepped onto the pasture all heads turned and watched us, ears sticking out. I felt like a teacher with a very attentive class.
eekdog
cool shot, our company i work for is based outta phoenix. that last cow is checking you out.
vintorix
Amazing photograph! I guess I am glad I'm human, and not a cow!
renecyberdoc
you are beeing watched sigg.lol.
bazza
Nice shot well done!! But cows belong in paddocks..
lyron
Very cool picture!!!
flaviok
Impressionante, excelente captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
bkhook
A really interesting shot. Most people never see anything like this.
mariogiannecchini
Great capture !very intersting shot !
MagikUnicorn
LUNCH TIME :) SPLENDID CAPTURE
flavia49
superlative capture
drifterlee
All those cows are looking at you. They want to be on American Idol, LOL! Cool shot!
farmerC
Shining work.
emmecielle
Interesting shot! :)
npauling
A great capture of this feedlot. They are trying to bring this system of farming into New Zealand with only limited success as we still like our cows to be out grazing on grass.
sandra46
GORGEOUS IMAGE!!! BRAVO!!
junge1
@npauling. Cattle that is range fed or grazes on grass tastes a lot better than feedlot fed cattle. But it is all about making a fast buck. The profit margin of this kind of operation is a lot greater.
Richardphotos
the cow on the far left looks like it wants you to kick some food over her way
Minda
wowwwww..like this one never seen this kind before Thanks for sharing sig..
gaius Online Now!
Have you seen this movie "fast food nation" ? I don't really like this way of feeding cattle.
junge1
@gaius. Neither am I, but it is all about profit and making a fast buck!
mickeyrony
And to think that we, they take us for numbers: Nice plug my friend. But I find it very sad for the animal patients. Many thanks for sharing ((5 + +)) Et dire que nous, ils nous prennent pour des numéros : Belle prise mon ami . Mais je trouve cela très triste pour les annimaux . Mille mercis de partager ((5++))