Finally!

[Sam Kennedy]

Nearly 3 years ago I decided I wanted to try and take some lightning photos, however, living in Newcastle I'm lucky if I get 5 storms in one year!

Yesterday there was a "thunderstorm", there must have only been 5 lightning strikes for the whole duration of the storm. I had to take the photo hand-held, since there was no where practical to set up a tripod in the house!

Anyway, here is the photo, it isn't great but it's my first ever lightning photo after 3 years of trying!

I have more photos, I will try and find an appropriate place to upload them so there isn't one thread full of photos!

[Paul]

Congratulations Sam, nice photo and welcome to the forums!

[Backtrack]

That's a very nice picture. Congrats. It's very hard to capture lightning.

[Jane Louise]

Hi Sam,

Thank you for sharing.What a great photo of lightning. I am hoping to take some good photos like yours when I eventually get a storm.

[Sprites]

Daytime photos of lightning are very tricky to capture, im sure you will get some storms again soon

well done.