Last night there was a fantastic storm that came past with fierce lightning and heavy rain. I loved every moment of it, and once it had passed enough to be able to point my camera out the door without flooding the house, I had a go at photographing the lightning.
My first photo attempts of lightning ended up out of focus
It was my first time ever at doing anything like this, and the night was very dark, so my first attempts ended up with some amazing lightning that was very out of focus. After some checks during the process I discovered this and took a few more shots and managed to capture at least the essence of the storm. That sort of "amazing" photo of lightning eluded me this night but it won't be the last time that I try this now.
After re-adjusting the focus things turned out clearer
One of the most amazing things was seeing the photo below after taking it when I could hardly see a thing. The night was so dark and the lights on the buildings were so dim through the heavy rain that I struggled to get a decent focus point. When I set up the camera I was still experimenting with exposure times (and later discovered that I needed double what I had here for anything reasonable) when lightning struck nearby.
Lightning lights up the night