Storm from the veranda.

[HansE]

Rainy day allowed a bit of post processing. Glad it struck a good distance away.

[Ironwood]

Wow, awesome shot Hans. Glad it missed you mate.

[HansE]

Thanks Brad. Me too. Shows the amount of energy involved and why people die.

[seaslug]

Wow! That's a bigun!

[Isac]

Huge bolt Hans! for those members who want to take lightning shots, how about giving us the camera settings? I'm sure they'd appreciate how you captured this fantastic shot.

[HansE]

Ok
Put this picture up as a demo and explanation. This was taken off a cruise ship in the Caribbean. The camera is mounted on a tripod on a ship.Note the ship on the horizon, it was running without lights. Here it is being lit up each time there is a lightening flash.The movement of the ship I am on is demonstrated by the number of horizons in the picture. The flashes are sharp enough as they don't last long. (Natural flash gun.) So the trick is to aim the camera where you expect the lightening to strike. Set your camera speed setting on Bulb. The further you expect the lightening to be away the more you open your aperture. As this picture shows four good flashes were captured before pressing the remote again to inspect the picture.
Hope this helps someone. Happy to try and answer any questions.

[HansE]

Had a quick play with it. Not enough data by the looks of things. Still interesting but lacking quality.

[Sully]

Holy cow Hans .... that is a huge bolt! Fantastic capture

[HansE]

Thank you. Sometimes it works.

[Isac]

Thank you Hans from all of us here at AP. I'm sure some of our members who haven't had the thrill of photographing lightning, will head out during their next storm to give it a try. We have had some fabulous storms over Perth in recent times and I was over the moon with some of the shots I got using the Bulb setting.

[HansE]

Happy to contribute as an experienced learner.

[Isac]

We need to more of it Hans. Many thanks!