Good image, don't take it as offense, I'm just going to give you some pointers that might improve this image.
Do you see where that thick line is right on the left side of those spirals? What I would do is rotate the flame so that that line becomes the bottom of your image. Zoom into only those surrounding spirals, and adjust the gamma and brightness settings to fit.
I think that would help improve the image because that central portion is a great focal point, but may look even better up close.
Aaah constructive critique! Yeah, I know what you mean, but all flipping and adjusting didn't help here; it's looks really best in the way it is, thus it's far from perfect ...
Do you see where that thick line is right on the left side of those spirals? What I would do is rotate the flame so that that line becomes the bottom of your image. Zoom into only those surrounding spirals, and adjust the gamma and brightness settings to fit.
I think that would help improve the image because that central portion is a great focal point, but may look even better up close.