Here are a couple of pics I have done with lightning .. No post work and all but I think they came out pretty well .. Let me know if I can lend any pointers. It is basically a picture with an alpha channel, one or more lights by the source and the ambient turned up pretty high. http://ghostofmacbeth.digitalartsites.com/Thor2.html http://ghostofmacbeth.digitalartsites.com/Lightning.html