Freak'n Moon!!!

[Netskimmer]

My mistake, I've been up for over 24 hours straight and I'm really frustrated with this issue so my skin is a little thinner than usual. This has been an ongoing issue for me. I have posted on other threads about it but didn't realize I had not mentioned it in this one. All of my pics show up darker in any other program/viewer than they are in NX 2 including Photobucket, Flickr, even from my printer. I think this is the same issue since the colors are off almost everywhere except NX 2 and that darker result to cause the image to appear to have a more pronounced blueish tint. I think that makes sense. I really should get some sleep.

 

[coldmm803]

I have never used NX2 and can't find my disk to try it and see if I experience the same thing. I read somewhere that a difference in color between NX2 and other editing programs is expected. The reasoning was that NX2 is Nikon's editing program and the others clearly are not and the issue is due to the differences in processing algorithm. Photo editing programs provide you with an image based on their interpretation of the data within the file. If NX2 sees a value of 1 but Adobe programs see 1.3 then they display the result for 1.3 leaving you with a different image.
In regards to seeing a difference between your monitor and printer, there may be several factors contributing to it. I understand that this is not related to your issue but just pointing out that there many factors. I don't know if you are aware but there are different technologies for monitors and this affects how the photo appears on the screen LCD Panel Technology Explained - S-IPS, H-IPS, S-PVA, MVA and TN. I'm not suggesting that you need to change, just trying to provide info. Here are two monitors that are better for photo editing (than the standard monitor) and have a slight difference in the range of sRGB colors they can display LCD1990SX-BK, 19 Professional Desktop Monitor - Highlights & Specifications | NEC Display Solutions and LCD2490WUXI2-BK, 24 Widescreen Color-Critical Desktop Monitor - Highlights & Specifications | NEC Display Solutions. I don't know what the range may be for the average monitor (TN panel) is but I just moved to an IPS panel and even seeing 95% or so of sRGB colors makes a bit of a difference. I can only imagine the difference between a monitor and printer. Unless you have a professional photo printer a difference should be expected. I expect your printer only has 3 or 4 ink cartridges and the range of colors that the eye can interpret is likely greater than can be achieved with that.

 

[Netskimmer]

Thanks for the response. I know my monitor isn't the best for image editing and I was sure there would be some difference between what I see and what I print. The only reason I mentioned the printer is that what I see everywhere other than NX2 is far closer to what I see when I print. My main issue is that since I do my post work in NX 2 I edit my images to look good in that program only to find that they don't look good anywhere else thus negating the whole point of doing post work on the image. There is also the fact the the difference in the images isn't slight. The most of the images look drastically different or darker in NX 2 than they do almost everywhere else.

 

[enzodm]

I saved and opened your first picture on my mac, and in fact is even more bluish than seen here. If I look at metadata, color space appears uncalibrated. I do not know Nikon software, however try to choose a proper color space among the options (sRGB).

More in general, when I shoot the moon then I convert to b/w, since the color is secondary to detail. By carefully choosing the conversion filter (most often green) I'm also able to squeeze some more sharpness from the original (e.g., here), of course shooting RAW. Your picture is not oof, by the way; it is only too conservatively postprocessed (and made with a standard lens). Convert to B/W, increase sharpness, touch contrast, and it will be better. I did it on yours and craters on left are much more visible.

 

[Netskimmer]

I converted to monochrome and boosted contrast a little but even the slightest increase in sharpness seems to produce significant noise in the image.
This image looks pretty normal here (a little underexposed and soft) but in NX 2 it looks orange. I have tried setting both the camera and NX 2 colorspace to sRGB and AdobeRGB and neither seemed to help.