Taking photos of lightning

[Uglulyx Takes Photos Too]

How does one go about taking a photo of lightning using a SemiAutomatic SLR? I've heard stuff about leaving the shutter open and closing it after the lightning goes because it's bright enough to expose properly. Not sure about it though.

 

[Phranquey]

Here's a thread I posted a couple of months back. Read down about 3/4 of the way and I explain how I do it.


http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114461

 

[Uglulyx Takes Photos Too]

Thankshaw, don't worry I'm only taking them from my porch.