As noted Scarlet Sails 2014 St. Petersburg

• As noted Scarlet Sails 2014 St. Petersburg

"Scarlet Sails" - is one of the biggest, most exciting, most beautiful and, at the same time, the most technically demanding events in our country. Has become a tradition, this holiday is in the top graduates of the largest and most interesting world events. Development of the next show lasts for many months, and the installation of all structures, light and pyrotechnics - more than 2 weeks.

This year, one of my true dream - to shoot fireworks from the roof of the Hermitage.

Hermitage roof partially restored, and new bridges are installed around the perimeter:

The time for about an hour the night before the show 50 minutes for the pyrotechnic company Orion-art, this program became anniversary - after a nearly 25-year hiatus from the late 70's holiday was revived. The first passage of a ship with scarlet sails took place in 1968 and up until 1979 graduates annually pleased this holiday on the water.

On the Spit of Vasilyevsky Island 5 fireballs lit up. One hid behind a corner.

While waiting for the start, I take a few postcard views.

The famous Neptune with trident:

The burners and lasers rostral columns.

A new special effect with twinkling lights on the water looked very beautiful and unusual.

430-meter pontoon with operating lows and upper classes from the barges.

Total 25 000 charges were released into the sky that night.

It involved about 200 personnel - pyrotechnics, svetoviki, lazarschiki.

Lohmatushki.

Preparing for the holiday takes about three weeks, and the idea of ​​the program for almost a year maturing.

It is said that any photographer on the waterfront for a beautiful frame climbed a toilet cubicle with a tripod and camera and fell in, after breaking the roof! Roof plastic toilet maintains no more than 30-40 kg.

This year the fireworks were launched around 30% more than in the past.

In the middle of the program runs Trinity Bridge.

At this point, sailing close to the alignment of the raised Trinity.

desyatochku in honor of the anniversary.

Sailboat with scarlet sails out into the waters of the Neva.

From my perspective sailboat was visible for three minutes.

Around here, he turned around and went back.

The final gold and silver on the short exposure. Canon 1DX + 16-35, Aperture 5.6, 1/30 sec.

It was a report from a holiday graduates "Scarlet Sails 2014" in St. Petersburg.