Burning steel wool photography

Here are a few shots that we took for our first trial of burning steel wool. The camera settings were:
1) Sony Alpha 500 DSLR on tripod
2) Sony 50mm F1.8 lens
3) ISO set to 200
4) Remote trigger

My daughter got in on the fun and swung some steel wool.

This is the picture we forgot to refocus the camera but would have been one of the better shots. It is really hard to tell how far away you need to be to get the whole picture, especially when it is so dark you can hardly walk :)