LOL, yeah I hate the powerlines so I'd love to give them the snip. Better pack my insulating rubber gloves though
. I find the best way to get lightning is to set up the camera on a tripod and point it in the the direction of the majority of the lightning. Then just keep taking 5 second exposures (Or longer if required) and hope that one will strike while you are doing it. I took about 30 shots just to get the one that I posted. Also if it is wet and windy outside (not a great evironment for a camera) turn off the lights inside and take the pics through a window. Mine was taken through my loungeroom window (Look in the bottom left corner and you can see a reflection of another window that was behind me). Looking back at the images I think I compressed the Venus/Moon shot a little bit too much, also it doesn't quite look as good at 640x480 (Orig. was 4mp).
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