This is my first and, so far, only experiment with lightning. I feel like Benjamin Franklin. Technically, lightning isn’t that hard to do. Use a wide lens to take in a good swath of the sky (you never know where the flash will happen). Focus on something, like a tree or a building. Since focusing in the dark is difficult, set your aperture to something narrow, like f22. Leave the shutter open for 30 seconds. Tripod is essential. Repeat again and again and again until lightning strikes in a way that makes you happy. The challenge of lightning is that it’s inconvenient. I don’t like inconvenient, so I have to rely on luck. In this case, I was lucky because I was standing on a porch, sheltered from the rain. And I was in the middle of nowhere so I didn’t have to contend with light pollution. As a city-dweller in a condo, I don’t have a porch. I don’t even have a balcony. I barely have windows. The only time I’m standing on a porch in the country is … well … um … almost never. So like I said, I have to rely on luck.