This shot seems noisy and underexposed. You do not need a high ISO (so long as you have a tripod) in order to get a good shot of the stars. A slightly longer exposure will do.
Im just not impressed with this photo. Perhaps if my monitor was properly calibrated I might see somthing that I missed. I have to agree with one aspect of the photo however. Its is definatly B&W in a modern world. One of the few examples naturaly occuring. Perhaps if the stars were brighter and showed a crisp image of a constalation I was familiar with. This shot would do a lttle better. But as is it's just not exciting to me.
A bit too dark, it´s hard to make out anything at all although it´s obviously stars and outlines of trees. Pretty much average compared to the rest of the shots in the challenge.
The noise takes this image down a bit. I know your situation. I you remove the noise, you would remove the stars. Neat Image can remove noise in low tonal ranges. There is also a way to do this in lab color. You could also rase the setting on your jpg compressor to reduce the artifacts in the sky. 5 because of the noise.
Image viewed on professional calibrated/color graded monitor set to Web Gamma range.