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First you create a file as you wish. Then select Gradient tool from the tool box & fill the image. You just drag the cursor from one point to another to fill the area.

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Here I used black color but you may select any color. Then in go to the menu Filters > Render > Different clouds

Then you ‘ll see your image like this.

As we don’t wish in this way, we select inverse of this. Therefore you can simply click Ctrl+I or Image > Adjustments > Invert

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Then image changes to a dark one. Lightning will be on this image. Then go to Image > Adjustments > Levels

Change the values in your way to best fit for your image. Here are my values.

Now go Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation in menu bar.

You can obtain desired color by altering the values in the dialog box, but remember to check the colorize option.

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This is your lightning image.

You can enhance this by adding few layers & changing blending modes. Like this.