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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 (29)
bobrgallegos
Great capture of these beautiful rock formations and texture Sig!!
ronmolina
Spectacular!
Faemike55
Beautiful and very cool
UVDan
Gotta love caves! Great shot too!
Richardphotos
very beautiful. I would like to visit the largest known caves there in Vietnam
flaviok
Magnifica imagem, soberba captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
jocko500
wow love the lighting here. wonderful done
jayfar
Beautiful shot Sig.
renecyberdoc
you really come round sig.impressive take.
starship64
I need to go visit there; I love caves. Great shot.
blinkings
What an amazing place.
bugatti
nice ...
Juliette.Gribnau
fascinating !!
UteBigSmile
Einen tollen Schnappschuss hast du hier gemacht!
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
ontar1
Beautiful, love the pov, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
casmindo
Really nice shot Sig
Hendesse
Great shot, looks impressive.
farmerC
Shining shot.
Cyve
Amazing and beautiful !
flavia49
marvellous image
sandra46
AMAZING WORK!
auntietk
I like the lighting very much. It gives me a good sense of what it must have been like in there ... dark, with light streaming in ... it's an evocative picture!
hansmar
Fantastic photo. Good use of light and dark!
ia-du-lin
great scenery and lighting!
tigertim
Excellent... you are stirring my Geochemical bones with shots like this!!
debbielove
This is a beautifully taken shot Sig, well done.. Great looking place to explore and get very lost in.. Rob
danapommet
A wonderful capture of the results of water dripping through limestone for all those years!
bebert
SUPERBE !!!