I really like this shot, it is very dramatic.
But if you want the more vivid lightning shots there are a couple of things you can do. If it is dark enough, I have had success pointing the camera in the direction where the lightning is striking and using the bulb feature, Just hold the trigger down until lightning strikes.
If it is lighter, earlier in the day, I had pretty good success with putting the camera in continues shooting mode and doing pretty much the same thing with a shorter shutter speed. You have to have a pretty big memory and be willing to take a ton of garbage shots, but it works pretty well.
This one was taken like that.
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But if you want the more vivid lightning shots there are a couple of things you can do. If it is dark enough, I have had success pointing the camera in the direction where the lightning is striking and using the bulb feature, Just hold the trigger down until lightning strikes.
If it is lighter, earlier in the day, I had pretty good success with putting the camera in continues shooting mode and doing pretty much the same thing with a shorter shutter speed. You have to have a pretty big memory and be willing to take a ton of garbage shots, but it works pretty well.
This one was taken like that.
http://www.kevinkingphoto.com/blog/2007/07/how-to-shoot-lightning.html