Crazy thunder storms

We had a wild thunderstorm last night. After going to bed and watching it out of my window for a while I decided that I'd give some photography a go. I'm posting it as todays photo as it was taken about 11.50pm (my camera time is an hour out). I wasn't really sure how to process it so it came out a purplish blue colour. I like that you can see the snowy mountain in the background.

One more shot of the storm:
http://365project.org/kiwichick/second-choices/2012-04-24

[HampTanner]

This is awesome. I have never captured a lighting strike but I want to. :-) Great job.

[Lesley Chisholm]

@hamptanner Thanks, it was really fun. I was bummed when the lightening stopped as I was only just starting to get into it!!

[carol white]

Stunning capture!!

[BeckyS]

great capture

[Myrna O'Hara]

Thrilling capture. I have to go look up how you shot this.

[Tina Mac]

Stunning capture! Good idea to get out of bed to get it :) I really love the color and you're right, the snow mountain in the background adds a nice touch.

[Tricia Przybylowicz]

What a great capture Lesley!! I love thunder storms, only now they sometimes come with tornadoes, so that part's not so cool, but this is an amazing capture! Well done. :-)

[Sharon]

Amazing!!!

[Wendy]

Wow! Amazing capture! These are not easy to photograph!

[Glendq]

oh, this is wonderful
i have wanted to be able to capture this type of photo for a long time but never have as yet.

[LindenWhite]

Wow - super cool!

[Kate Wan]

Love it. You are very motivated getting out of bed, but it looks like it was worth it.

[Karla D]

This is amazing!!!! I wouldn't even know where to begin when trying to photograph lightning!!! You did an awesome job! :)