Beautifully sharp, and it does definitely look hot! Wonderful job of conveying the flavour!
I am huge fan of peppers and grow several types. I think I’ll try a similar shot with a few splayed in front of the fire in a sort of bouquet fashion, revealing more of the pepper.
many thanks for the comments, very good point on the black but would to much fire be extreme?
Shar the fire is a small candle waved behind the pepper with a 30 sec shutter speed, I clamped the pepper and sprayed it with a glycerin water mix, a black sheet acted as the background.