- There is no sun. 2. The ambient light is uniform and set very low. 3. The global exposure is set low. 4. The sky is not the sky, it's a giant flatted sphere with a dark cloud texture. 5. There is a 3000 watt white point light hanging in mid air. 6. The bolt itself was hand drawn in Photopaint. 7. A lens flare was added in Photopaint where the bolt hits the tree. 8. The mist and rain are stock Photopaint weather filters. bloodsong: Just skip step 8 and the whole scene becomes much darker. If you want it darker around the bolt, just lower the watts on the point light. -SMT
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