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 (13)
bmac62
Gorgeous Sig. The early sun's rays filtering through the trees and fountain as well as the reflections on the pond's surface make this photo outstanding in my book. If you were fancying this up to hang on your wall, which you could, I'd suggest taking out the orange cones (I see seven) using any good photo editing program.
giulband
Formidable light's effect captured !!
Juliette.Gribnau
wonderful light; very well captured !
blinkings
Very nice.
Faemike55
this image belongs in a high-end gallery - this is a marvelous capture
durleybeachbum
Wow!
I agree about the cones
kaward
What a gem! Stunning!
Richardphotos
very attractive scene and capture
auntietk
Ohhhh .. seeing this full size is a treat! It was beautiful in the little text window on my phone, but gosh ... the full-sized version is glorious!
junge1
This picture was taken while on the way to the museum, which i had seen the previous evening. The sunrise, steam from the geysers was just icing on the cake. In the past I would have taken the trouble to remove the orange cones, but I am getting a little lazy, but thanks for the comments and suggestions!
virginiese
exquisite capture ! Great light !
sossy
this light makes the capture magical and gives it the amazing reflection 😃
X-PaX
Beautiful capture. Well done.
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