The next step was to point the camera towards the Stellenbosch mountains where most of the lightning strikes seemed to be hitting. It was then a case of holding down the remote shutter and counting to 40 or 50 before releasing it. (This gave me time to capture a strike while ellowing enough light to reach the sensor. It was very dark where I was standing and the only thing that I could use to focus on was the street lights on the N1. I had a few good hits in this time period. I then decided to be adventurous and try a long expose panoramic image capturing the lake, the sky and the lightning at the same time. I did 5 images counting to 50 each time and moving the camera to the left each time and was lucky to capture 3 strikes. It then started to rain so I headed off home. I stitched the image together and was very pleased with the result. What do you think?
