I did this one a while ago for a challenge. Actually shot a ton of them, but liked this best. I just dumped iso-alcohol on a piece of plywood in the back lawn and lit 'er up with a grill lighter.
I played with settings quite a bit and found that I had the most success at F/4, ISO 200, 1/1000 sec. That's quick enough to capture all the dancing and moving the flame does, and to keep it pretty sharp. I pre-focused when I did it, then just shot away for the whole series, keeping the camera on a tripod in one place, and using a remote shutter release.
I gotta say Art, yours are still cool, even if they are a bit soft - it kinda' works in a way for fire. And I totally like the blue one. I was annoyed that I couldn't capture any of the naturally blue fire, but was too dense to think of using the Channel Mixer to "fake" it.
Oh, and the third one, it looks like a naked chick stretched out in a lawn chair, seen from the side. ;-)
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