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<blockquote data-quote="editorial_use_only" data-source="post: 684588" data-attributes="member: 40895">Monitor brightness calibration etc is a legitimate concern.&nbsp; It's something I worry about often.&nbsp; There are three things I'd say to you about it: One is, if other professional work looks correctly exposed and color-normal, then you're probably fine.&nbsp; Check photos published in major news outlets.&nbsp; Do they look okay, or consistently too dark or too light.Something I have done from time to time is burn a few images to a DVD-RW and look at them on the televisions.&nbsp; And when I'm at the library, I check my work on my website on a couple of different library computers.&nbsp; That's probably the closest to what most casual viewers will have: a non-calibrated, budget-friendly monitor.Your photo actually look a touch over to me.&nbsp; And, to me, the tires are a little over.&nbsp; They're too light grey, not black.&nbsp; Even if they're getting direct sun.&nbsp; In LR, if this were my photo, I'd try a small neg adj to whites and/or highlights, and maybe a small positive adj to clarity.&nbsp; If necessary, I'd try a local adj on the tires to make them darker.Did you use a polarizer?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="editorial_use_only, post: 684588, member: 40895"] Monitor brightness calibration etc is a legitimate concern. It's something I worry about often. There are three things I'd say to you about it: One is, if other professional work looks correctly exposed and color-normal, then you're probably fine. Check photos published in major news outlets. Do they look okay, or consistently too dark or too light. Something I have done from time to time is burn a few images to a DVD-RW and look at them on the televisions. And when I'm at the library, I check my work on my website on a couple of different library computers. That's probably the closest to what most casual viewers will have: a non-calibrated, budget-friendly monitor. Your photo actually look a touch over to me. And, to me, the tires are a little over. They're too light grey, not black. Even if they're getting direct sun. In LR, if this were my photo, I'd try a small neg adj to whites and/or highlights, and maybe a small positive adj to clarity. If necessary, I'd try a local adj on the tires to make them darker. Did you use a polarizer? [/QUOTE]

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