From my front yard with a Nikon D-60 and a 200mm telephoto lens -with an astronomical solar filter duct-taped over the end. 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727@N03/7343618496/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727@N03/7158412753/in/photostream
First pic shows Venus just about to fully enter the Sun's disc,
Second one is at the halfway point, and if you look closely you can see the sunlight shining through Venus' atmosphere and forming a brown hazy circle around the planet itself.
~Perte