Rejected Exposure becaue of exposure Issue?

Hi davids3001064  - I worry less about calibrating my monitor, particularly as it's impossible to account for all the various monitors where the image might be viewed, and I look at the histogram and info pallet - calibration is most important - IMHO, for working with print or within a group - and it also depends on where you're working - are the walls a neutral gray? etc...

I'm not saying it's a bad thing, calibration, but I just wonder how useful it is to a stand alone photographer working on a laptop under all different lighting conditions? Also, a monitor would have to be way off to look at the above photo and think "this is okay"!

Hey Szalam - great point about RAW - I do almost all my exposure post work in the RAW app in CS - plus, shooting RAW can save a poorly exposed image (to an extent).

J

This is definitely under-exposed. You might check to see if your monitor is set too bright.

Anyway, as recommended by jeffreya51679612, you could set a white point in curves, and a black point, build up the contrast and send it back in.

Alternatively, a simple exposure change in camera RAW might do it.

Always check that histogram!