I primarily shoot fast. High speed sync/Auto FP flash fast lenses bokeh blurred backgrounds. When i'm not doing that I like to go long and capture things from a totally different perspective. The problem that i run into the most is that in the Northeast where I reside is light pollution. Living in a world where the stars are a diminished by mans contribution to the night sky makes doing night scenes a challenge. While in Syracuse for the 2015 NPPA Multi Media Immersion Andy Dunaway and I went out and drove about 30 minutes south at 3 in the morning hoping to capture my first images of the Milky Way. Most of my long exposure work has been done either a. too close to big cities or b. done during full moon. The full moon issue has not been by choice but has been due to coincidence. Three times to the Valley of Fire outside of Las Vegas in the last year all have had a moon that was full or near full which totally killed the opportunity for capturing the milky way. The other issue is that 3 or the 4 times have been in the late winter and early spring which is the worst time to capture the galaxy with your camera. Fast forward to Central New York State about as dark as I am going to get in close proximity to NYC. 

Settings for these three shots (which again aren't quite as good as they would be later in the summer) are 20 seconds at f 2.8 with the Nikon D750 at ISO 1250 and 1600 respectively. 

Milky Way with Nikon D750 and 16 2.8 Images captured near Syracuse NY with Nikon D750 and 16 2.8 fisheye Milky Way with Nikon D750 and 16 2.8 Images captured near Syracuse NY with Nikon D750 and 16 2.8 fisheye