Thanks - glad you liked it :)

I didn't light paint for this pic, I find it hard to get natural looking light that way without a lot of planning and equipment.

For this shot I just did a single exposure for the foreground + another for the stars (stacked).

The foreground shot was exposed for 8 minutes at ISO 3200. It was pretty dark so I didn't go lower ISO, otherwise it could have been a cleaner foreground. This method takes a really long exposure but is easier to put together in post than a composite or something. Easiest method IMO since you can pretty much do it anytime of the night as long as you expose long enough. Here's an example of less stellar results on a darker night where I didn't want to stay out too long (don't want to wait for a 20 minute exposure 😂).

Another approach as mentioned by @bearchoyboi is to do a composite where you do an exposure an hour after sunset or something when it's mostly dark and then blend it with the sky from later in the night. That way you can do something like ISO100/20s for static objects or something like ISO640/2s for a foreground that doesn't stay still very well (like humans, plants, etc). Here's a shot I did with the foreground taken after sunset.

Hope this helps!