I count myself fortunate to have a reasonably good Western sky view from my home. I took these two images on 20th June 2015 on my front verandah using my Canon 60D DSLR camera directly mounted on a tripod.
The crescent Moon was close in the sky to Venus and Jupiter, forming a very beautiful triangle.
The first image was taken with a wide angle lens set at 18mm focal length, 1/3 sec exposure, ISO 200, f/4. It was taken just after sunset.
The triangle is in the upper right:
A good tip for wide angle astro-imaging is to maximise the content and colour by taking images whilst the sky still retains some colour after sunset.
In the following zoom shot, the sky has lost a little of its colour but there were some wispy clouds in the field of view, improving the visual impact. Also note the easily visible Earthshine on the Moon.
It is a closer view, taken with a zoom lens set to 105mm focal length, 1/5 sec exposure, ISO 500, f/2.8.
Venus (magnitude -4.4) is lower centre. Jupiter (mag. -1. is upper right.
The separation between the two planets is around twelve degrees in this image but Jupiter is currently closing the gap on Venus. On 1st July 2015 the two planets will be separated by only about half a degree (a Moon diameter).
On 19th July the Moon will be passing near them again.
Larger images are posted at my other blog site Cosmic Focus.
All images © R.Powell