This is a composite of two images one exposed for the sky and one for the foreground.

The sky was dark, crystal clear, sprinkled with silver and the display of constellations was wonderful. The Twins, Auriga, Orion, Taurus, The Pleiades, Lepus. I wanted to show what the sky actually looked like, but conveying it in a picture is not easy. I tried a lot of different exposures. When I exposed for the foreground it detracted from the sky, when I exposed for the sky the foreground was jet black. So this is a composite, but I also kept the foreground low key because at a higher key it detracted from the stars. I guess I will be experimenting forever trying to find a combination that I really like .....