AN amateur photographer pulled off a cracking shot with a lightning bolt over Rhyl - on his smartphone.

Thomas Davies, 30, stepped into his back garden just before midnight on Sunday to test out his phone's camera.

The result was a stunning cloud to cloud lightning strike over the suburban neighbourhood.

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Thomas explains: "I caught this in the back garden of my house at 23:55 on Sunday."

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He added: "I went for a nosey out side hearing the rain pouring down then to see a lightning strike in the distance. So I got my mobile and my tripod to took it outside under a bit of shelter away from the rain.

"I wanted to practice some long exposure shots and see if the Samsung s22 ultra can capture any lightning.

"Within a few minutes setting it all up to the right camera settings I caught this lightning strike.

"I was happy to see it until I looked on my phone to see the image and I was amazed to capture it."