We observe the "invisible-to-the-naked-eye" flames of tungsten and vanadium ethoxide aerosols when ignited at moderate laser excitation (0 < P laser < 70 W) by employing an IR thermo-graphic camera. No emission is seen in the visible range whether by the visible region cameras or by spectroscopy. The emissivity of the precursor solution measured was 0.80 and 0.75 for tungsten and vanadium ethoxide, respectively. The spectral emissivities of the tungsten and vanadium ethoxide flames measured using FTIR-spectrometer were used to calculate the pyrolysis flame temperature at various laser intensities and wavelengths. New energy balance equations have been derivedthe transient temperature one extended from HaggertyCannon equation and the other based on standard resonance analysis. Fitting these models to experimental data reveals that only small amounts (1.33% and 4.32%, respectively) of the laser power are used in the pyrolysis of the precursor ethoxide aerosols into the desired oxide nanostructures. The low levels of specific heat capacity values obtained in these sprays suggest that these are electronic heat capacities rather than lattice heat capacities; enthalpies are also obtained. The experimental temperature-laser power trends observed were in agreement with previous findings from Tenegal et al. (Chem. Phys. Lett. 335:155, 2001). The damping coefficients, and hence the saturation intensities confirm that the vanadium containing precursor liquid is harder to dissociate into final products than the tungsten precursor as observed experimentally.