The particular camera settings you need to use will always vary - everything is determined by how bright the fairy lights are regarding the planet they're being photographed in. Sometimes I take one photograph using the camera settings adjusted for your landscape after which it another separate photograph with the settings adjusted to the orb after which it combine them in Photoshop by placing each of the photographs in a Photoshop document as layers, and then selecting "Lighten" or "Screen" since the Blending Mode in the top layer.
This was photographed within my entry during the night time. Using a 30 second exposure taking place, I often tried a big flashlight with large colored gels over it to light paint the tree, foreground, and in some cases background. There after, I combined the photos in Photoshop using Lighten since the blending mode for all of the layers.
It was photographed at 4:08 AM on July 15th, 2011. Should you arise early enough to trap their early dawn or late dusk light, you can get the orb plus the environment properly exposed in the same shot with no need to combine the shots in Photoshop. The next best bet after dawn/dusk light is with moonlight. The whole moon on a clear, cloudless night works best. You are able to literally capture photos that appear to be like we were holding used the afternoon time if you use the proper camera settings to generate the picture brighter.
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