[SeeJ]

Hi there, sorry for the late reply - I moved recently and had to wait a couple of weeks for the hikari to catch up!

I use a Canon 20D that I picked up second hand from eBay. It's my first SLR and I love it! I just used the standard lens that comes with the camera, nothing fancy. I don't even have a tripod yet, but if you have one it will make life a lot easier.

The lightning shots were taken using a high aperture value and slow shutter speed (on 'bulb' setting actually, which means the shutter stays open as long as you hold the button) and a great deal of patience and trial and error. Of course it was made a lot easier by being in a country with such crazy storms and large, frequent flashes of lightning. I would never have been able to do this back home in Scotland.

Unfortunately my new apartment is on the ground floor so I will need to hunt out a decent vantage point for the next storm!

Glad you liked the pics, thanks for the feedback!