For this picture, I used 3 separate images to create a mosaic .  Each image was generated by IRIS with two 25 second exposures at 800 ISO.  My camera was a Canon Digital Rebel with a 28mm F/2.8 lens. The camera was mounted on a tripod.  My house is visible in the foreground and the Milkyway rises behind it along with a few clouds.  Photoshop was used to assemble the mosaic and color balance, contrast enhance, resize it, etc.   It needs more work, but I wanted to put up what I had so far.