After seeing tons of amazing lightning images on social media, (and some slightly dubious ones) I wondered if they were all genuine. I thought about how difficult it would be, using my knowledge of Photoshop, to generate a lightning storm scene.
BEFORE IMAGE
The rather lovely image I altered of Glasgow under the clouds, taken from the surrounding hills, was taken from iStock. It's by RyanDeanMorrison You can find it here
AFTER
Below is the image after I'd retouched it to look like a lightning storm.
This inspired me to make the video below in After Effects, just to show people how easy it can be to fool the untrained eye.
