What kind of blending pray tell? One of the better images I've seen so far. I'm just now downloading all my time-lapse shots, haven't even begun to process.
Kind of surreal. You have corona coming out of the bright part, and dark at the same time. The sun must've been elliptical where you were .
Also, with the solar filter I used all my shot came out more white and even bluish than orange, did you change your WB?
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