Red Mars and blue-white Spica rising in the east on April 5, 2014 as seen from the Warrumbungles Mountain Motel near Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, latitude 31° S. So the orientation is quite different, indeed upside down, compared to a view from the northern hemisphere. Mars is nearly at its brightest as it was 4 days from opposition. High cloud added the natural glows around Mars and the stars, accentuating the colours.
This is a stack of 4 x 30s exposures with the 35mm lens at f/2.8 on the Canon 60Da at ISO 800, and tracking the sky. The ground is from one exposure to minimize blurring.
The Amazing Sky 