Just for fun...went out in the backyard, hiding under the awning during a thunderstorm passing over - the lighting was fairly light and mostly obscured by the clouds and rain, but I got a few little limbs of the lighting along with the lighted sky effect with some long exposures. ; Set up the A550 and Tamron 10-24mm on a tripod for these:
I wish it hadn't been raining quite so hard and such a low cloud, as it made getting the lightning very difficult. ; I don't have any long vistas due to the tree cover around here and flat land - so I can't get those nice horizon shots of the storms approaching - I can't shoot them until they are right on top of me!