BrisJoe, Nice guys, how do you snap lightning?
The best way to learn is by searching the internet for "how to take lightning photos", this is probably the easiest way to learn. This will help you to understand better than amateurs such as myself can explain.
I guess the main thing to have on your camera, is a way to slow/speed up the shutter speed. Manual override of some of the functions, and it matters not what brand or how expensive your camera is. Burst shooting is where you can hold the button down and the camera will take 3-5-8 or whatever amount your camera has available for its burst mode. Both mine have unlimited burst, meaning as long as i have the button down, it just keeps taking shots. This is probably the easiest way, but get the shutter speed wrong and you'll miss some good shots. Trial and error for your given camera and its manual capabilities. Fast shutter speeds will let in less light, slow shutter speeds will let in to much light, and this is without going into the other factors and settings. Just trying to keep it simple without using the confusing photography talk...that you'll learn as you read it from pros off the net.
Sunny, cloudy, warm, incandescent, tungsten, shade, these are all just filters that most cameras have, each one can be responsible for how the image will turn out...blueish, redish ect ect.
Another way of getting shots like these is to use what some cameras have called "Starry sky"....basically its a way of keeping the shutter open for a set amount of time, by doing this for say 8-10 seconds, the camera will report all it sees in that time frame. I also use this feature on my G3, this will get you shots like the one above with the three sisters in it. :lol: However again, that shot was one frame.
But to answer the question again on... How do you snap lightning.? By realizing the danger of being out there when its taking place first and foremost.
Iv been told im mad as for doing what i do, by someone who jumps out of a perfectly good airplane....go figure.? :lol:
