Hannah - I like your experiment. May I suggest either toning down the light spot on the orb, or feather its edges, as that is a bit distracting from an excellent presentation. Thad
“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.”
The reason why the sunsets in the evening is because it wants to see the sunrise in the morning. I rise in the morning because I want to see them both. RvdB