I've wanted to learn to photograph a candle --- so off to the Internet. The dining table set-ups - five of them - 200 clicks, and this is the one I like best. Simple and sharp. 1/20s, f/4.8, 60 mm, ISO 160, tripod, auto balance, no flash. The key to the many candle soft glow effect is to many use tea lites bunched together, photographed close-up with spot focus. Messy because they burn too fast and the house could go up in smoke. I DID burn my sweater.
