Thanks for the above. Thus, fair to say that I won't be able to get such a shot without post processing them? I lean more towards photos that doesn't require processing. Although I am aware processing can enhance how a photo looks, I find them too unreal, despite the beauty of it. I have seen some where minimal PP are done, which is already at my limit 

I'll give your idea a shot one of these days.

bro, do you have tutorial video to teach people how to take photo and editing?
when you do long exposure shooting with people in it, does it mean that person cannot move at all?

when you want to do long exposure with portrait in it, you can always set your flash as rear curtain sync mode. Add a remote trigger with flash hot shoe with stand / without stand, trigger it with manual TTL flash (rear curtain sync mode) a.k.a 2nd curtain sync mode. At the end of the exposure the flash will flash to freeze the subject/person in the frame with background milky way. You can also set your camera/dslr into timer mode so you have a lot time to move into position ^^

sorry i abit noob, what is rear curtain sync mode and how to set? what is flash hot shoe?

Sharing some of my works here, a mixture of  Landscape, Cityscape, Milky Way, Star Trails and Aurora.

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(The Flow of Time - Star trails above the Mount Bromo Volcano at Indonesia)

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(Cemara Lawang - a beautiful village at the cliff with fog besides it, photo took at Bromo)

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(The Intersection - Selfie with both Milky Way and Aurora at Hooker Valley, New Zealand)

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(The Shepherd Lullaby - Milky Way with the famous Church of the Good Shepherd, New Zealand)

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(Magical Night - the famous Nugget Point lighthouse in New Zealand)

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(The Soul of Kinabalu - Panorama Milky Way at the peak of Mount Kinabalu, it took me a lot effort to reach here)

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(New Year Eve Countdown)

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(Colors of Cameron - Epic sunrise at Cameron Highland)

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(Federal Mosque)

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(Regalia)

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(Batu Cave)

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(King of the world - that was what I felt when I witness such beautiful scenery on top of Bukit Tabur, too bad the place is close down as for now)

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(To Infinity! - another selfie photo of me with milky way, photo took in Malaysia)

Sharing some of my works here, a mixture of  Landscape, Cityscape, Milky Way, Star Trails and Aurora.

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(The Flow of Time - Star trails above the Mount Bromo Volcano at Indonesia)

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(Cemara Lawang - a beautiful village at the cliff with fog besides it, photo took at Bromo)

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(The Intersection - Selfie with both Milky Way and Aurora at Hooker Valley, New Zealand)

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(The Shepherd Lullaby - Milky Way with the famous Church of the Good Shepherd, New Zealand)

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(Magical Night - the famous Nugget Point lighthouse in New Zealand)

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(The Soul of Kinabalu - Panorama Milky Way at the peak of Mount Kinabalu, it took me a lot effort to reach here)

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(New Year Eve Countdown)

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(Colors of Cameron - Epic sunrise at Cameron Highland)

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(Federal Mosque)

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(Regalia)

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(Batu Cave)

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(King of the world - that was what I felt when I witness such beautiful scenery on top of Bukit Tabur, too bad the place is close down as for now)

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(To Infinity! - another selfie photo of me with milky way, photo took in Malaysia)

Thanks Fzeo, no doubt wide angle lens is one of the important aspects, but it doesn't mean is absolutely needed.

In some of the photo, I'm using much longer focal length, which can be 24,30 or 50mm, depend on the distance between the subject and where I stand.

Alternatively, you can consider doing a panorama photo, although it means more works for a single photo that same as a wide angle lens but you will have a much higher resolution photo.

If you have been to the famous "Jelatek" spot, you can shoot with a longer focal length.

Another example is below photo that took at 24mm.