Transit of Venus

I captured the above passable photograph of the transit of Venus across the face of the Sun. Venus is the black dot near the bottom of the disk of the Sun. The picture was taken somewhere after about an hour after the transit had begun. At about 6:30, I packed it in, because it looked like the sun was going to set below the houses across the street. The Sun is an oval, because I had to shoot the picture at an oblique angle, so as not to block the image of the Sun. The below photo shows my rig, two tripods, a pair of binoculars and a white sheet of paper, all held together with electrical tape. I did this in front of the house, so a few of the neighbors stopped to see what I had. It was hot standing out in the June Missouri sun.

My Rig