Good job. The background is a bit blurry and I'm guessing it because it was hand held. A tripod will help with that. The lightning is sharp and clear because it acted like a strobe flash and was of a short duration. Overall a very good capture. I caught my first lightning bolts at the beach about a month ago and combined them into one image. If you get a chance look at it in my gallery. I'm sure you're excited about this fine image. Good job.
Russ
Hi heidlerr, I used a tripod. If I did this hand held I would not have caught one single lightning.The blurry background is because of the storm. The trees shaked in the wind thats why they are not sharp.
amazing shot and composition, the blur of the trees from the storm does take away from the shot but that's nature. it's imperfect. and this shot is great. great job!
Russ