I poured used lighter fluid to get the flame. I could not get it to burn in the middle of the ice like I wanted, so I soaked a few pieces of match sticks and stuck them in the back of the ice where they did not show. I used an in camera flash to get enough light on the ice.
I made some adjustments to exposure, tint, brightness and contrast and saturation during processing. Then post processing in PhotoShop I cropped, adjusted levels and contrast, merged layers, sharpened and saved for web.
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Nice idea, lighting, refraction, overall execution. Too bad the flame is blown out, a smoother gradation would be really good. I think that a stronger colored candle would also help.
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