Below are two photos, shot during the day from the same camera, in the same place, of the same storm. The first is HEAVILY Photoshopped. I had to crop the photo, then adjust the Levels to bring out the lightening in frame, then enhance the colors, then change their hue to make it easier to see and smooth out the color, then add a Soft Light Layer to smooth the color out. If I hadn't done all that, you would have only seen a bright white line in the sky. The second is photoshopped, however: I cropped the photo, then changed the Levels on an Adjustment layer, then masked off the lightening, enhancing the contrast of the lightening. As you can see by the ground, it is about 6:00pm Mnt. time.
Anyway, I enjoy capturing lightening during the day.
WARNING: Don't do this unless you are willing to run a VERY large number of cycles on your camera. I shot about 1,000 photos, and only two had any lightening in them worth showing off. Each frame was from ether 3 seconds or 1 second. This type of photography puts a MASSIVE strain on the camera, just remember that. Also, shooting lightening during the day can be very dangerous as you can see the flashing of lightening further off, or lightening that could be coming your way.
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