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The landscapes look a little blue/cold on my ipad.
I need to look on my MacPro with colour calibrated screen.
It WAS icy cold!!! Very cold, the ground actually did look like that! Bear in mind this was after the eclipse but just before dawn. LOL My screen isn't calibrated so it may be better using the iPad, which I think will probably be as accurate as most alternatives.
ISO3200 should be not too noisy on the D800. I have a D800 also and cant say that it is particularly noisy at that ISO which is normal ISO for my flamenco work.
The moon is bright enough it shouldn't have needed extra boost from higher ISO, ISO800 would have got the job done, moon detail definitely suffered.
I have difficulty with using ISO3200 and above as I also want to use either 300 f2.8 or 200-500 for these eclipse events. The problem is the subject is against a black background so the metering is useless unless you spot meter. Even then the subject exposure can vary during the event.
With these subjects I always review several trial exposures to get into the ball park, add a little experience, check the histogram and pray!
One problem I had was using the D800 in the dark, the layout is quite different from the D3, changing the settings in complete darkness isn't easy, especially with gloves on, I do use a red head torch but even that can wreck a set of images if I'm not careful so I try to do without the torch if I can.
This was taken with the D3 and Nikkor 16mm f/2.8 fisheye... The moon is the large fat trace.
The bright glow is Sellafield Nuclear plant, it always glows!!!
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