A Celestial Marriage

Last week I was in Spain, in order to observe my 5th Total Solar Eclipse. Thankfully, it was a resounding success, the weather was on our side! Sunset eclipses are risky, but also very rewarding if successful, as the view of the eclipsing sun near horizon is magical 😊 I shot only using a single camera (which is a first for me, it was always at least two cameras, haha), wide angle and fully automated (using Solar Eclipse Workbench application, to which I was heavily contributing the weeks before the eclipse).
For this composite I chose to show Diamond Rings, shot before C2 and after C3. They nicely overlapped, making them look like wedding rings! Hence, the title of my post, hehe.

SIRUI tripod
Sony A7R IIIA (ISO400, 5 frames 3EV bracketing from 1/2000 to 2s for the Diamond Rings shots; partials shot with variable exposures depending on the Sun's elevation, starting with 1/2000s)
Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 (72mm, f/8)
Raspberry Pi 2 as controlling PC
Solar Eclipse Workbench as the automation application

Pre-processing using RawTherapee
HDR for Diamond Rings assembled using Luminance HDR 2.4 (Reinhard'05 operator for tone mapping)
Post-processing using RawTherapee
Cosmetics clean up done using GIMP
Composite done using Krita