Planetary alignment of the three brightest planets

Last night I was lucky and was able to photograph the three brightest planets spread out gracefully along the ecliptic. At the time of the photo, Venus was close to the horizon, while Jupiter and Mars were shining high above. At that time, Saturn and Mercury had already set. I tried to spot the latter a bit earlier but lucked out. They were too close to the western horizon and were obscured by some haze and the evening twilight.

DSLR with wide-angle lens on tripod.