Ok new drone shooter here, but I've read a number of posts and vids on how to get some nice color in the photos before grading. So using the manual mode, exposure warning map, I noticed that today, the exposure warning left and the cleanest shot was around 2000 shutter speed. Now I read in the best conditions it's twice the fps, and 2000 is way above that. Now ND filters will apparently fix this.

Is the thinking that to get the nicest shot (without filters yet...), is to shutter up until the histogram maps well and the exposure warnings are minimal?

The Histogram is your friend, use it and it will serve you well.

Are you talking about video or stills?

Either. I’m looking g to jump out of auto mode. So what I read is use the histo and exposure warning. ISO I didn’t touch much and started to adjust the shutter until the image was cleaner.  Now I noticed it didn’t clear until 2k ss. What practice do you guys use?