Here we see Venus continuing on in her evening apparition, which at this point sees the planet increasing in elongation from the Sun but decreasing in elevation above the western horizon at the same time each night because of the shallower angle made by the ecliptic with respect to the horizon. On this date, Venus is just clear of the Beehive star cluster, M44 and driving on toward Leo and Regulus.
I used to set up the camera lined up with the axis of the telescope optical tube, so the angle of the image when looking at the western horizon is oriented with lines of declination, not with the horizon at the bottom. Therefore in order to show the horizon as a horizon- tal line, the image first must be rotated and then cropped.
To see the unannotated photo, click here.