Great capture. Nice colours and the top streak of lightning mimics the contour of the hill.
We've had lots of lightning here in Singapore recently, especially fork. But when I get my camera set up it suddenly turns to Sheet lightning!!! I'm jinxed - I can kill storms and threads:(
This is an awesome picture. Have you tried sharpening it at all, at least on the bolt? The picture is clearly pretty sharp already, but it looks like a bit of USM would have made an important difference.
I like it better then mine! I have tried all night to get it and my patients got the best of me.. I like the colors here. Its really cool to see the bolts all the way through the image and at the bottom too. Great shot...