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 (23)
Faemike55
very cool capture Sig!
giulband
good shot!!
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
ronmolina
Beautiful shot!
jayfar
The sand was a natural light filter no doubt. Nice shot Sig.
farmerC
Shining shot.
prutzworks
beautiful light
Richardphotos
what about your car paint? a similar storm in Utah damaged my former Corolla
junge1
@Richardphotos. This was just dust in the air Richard. The wind wasn't strong enough to blow sand, at least not in the urban areas where I live. I worry about my paint job when I drive through the dunes on I-8 west of Yuma during strong winds. Then the sand is drifting and one can hear it hitting the car. I have changed my plans in the past when that possibility exsisted. When I first moved to Arizona I saw a car that had been sandblasted by sand - took the paint right of!
nefertiabet
Wonderful shot!!!
drifterlee
Beautiful sky effects!
sharky_
With all that, it still came out great... Aloha
illkirch
Ominous atmosphere
auntietk
We didn't get any wind up here to speak of, so I'm delighted to see your picture! Not that I was looking forward to more blowing dust ... we got plenty of that in La Quinta ... but it makes for a nice picture!
Rob2753
It does look very hazy but gave a great chance to shoot into the sun too :)
Cyve
Marvelous image and fantastic capture !
tigertim
Awesome capture, ..... just nipped in for few groceries and saw this on the way out!..perfect timing. One thing that amazed me when up there in the northern hemisphere... sunsets are different, even without the dust!!
jocko500
cool shot. must be bad to breath at this time.
starship64
Great capture.
GARAGELAND
NICE `N´ MOODY !
flavia49
nice capture
FredNunes
Very nice.. very cool to catch a scene like this!
debbielove
Plenty of atmosphere, The Sun Goes down.... Bring what we wonder? Nice shot Sig. Rob