Photographing lighting can be exciting as well as dangerous. But the output always makes the viewers stare at those. Normally lighting is something we dont see still for a long time, It dissappears in a fraction of second. So its always amazing to gaze at those lightning photographs.
Lets discuss a few tips that will help you start :
Location
Avoid locations where there is chance of lightning hitting directly. You can know this by observing the patterns for some time. Dont choose high locations like top of a building etc where the lighting is more obvious to strike.
Compose
Capturing only the lightning in your photo might be not as interesting as a photo where there are a few more elements included like towers, buildings , trees etc. Ultimately your composition will depend on where the lightning is appearing, but always consider what other elements you can bring into the shot.
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