Is this picture hard to see?

[Sabbra_Cadabra]

The monitor on my laptop here has a pretty good brightness setting on it, so it's hard for me to tell whether or not people are having a tough time viewing my darker shots.

Can you see this picture ok, or is it a bit too dark? I turned my monitor brightness down, and it makes it hard to see. I'm curious, with all of the different monitors out there how some people are able to view some of my work. Here is a sample shot. Is it too dark for you?

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3765/johnfinish5xx.jpg

[Green]

No, it's fine to me :)

[JMHPhotography]

Well my monitor is calibrated with the Monaco OptixXR and it looks fine to me as well.

[Bookmarks]

What are the darkest features on the man's face that we should be able to see? On my calibrated monitor I can just make out his eyes. They look like dark slits, but on casual viewing, I would not have noticed them at all.

[Bill*]

Looks good to me as well.

[Sabbra_Cadabra]

What are the darkest features on the man's face that we should be able to see? On my calibrated monitor I can just make out his eyes. They look like dark slits, but on casual viewing, I would not have noticed them at all.

The darkest features to me are his eyes. However, my concern was that on lower brightness monitors, the shadows would have been intensified, and you would not have been able to make him out at all. I tried it on my computer, and on a lower contrast, you can make much out.

[JMHPhotography]

I think you guys should consider something. This image is supposed to be dark. It's a night time shot with only a grill fire to light the scene. Considering that, this image looks to be as exposed as it can be. I have a calibrated and profiled monitor and I can see the details of his face but not like it was lit with two 600WS strobes at a 3:1 ratio. The composition features both the person and the fire... and the fire is the dominant subject here. Since this is clear and the fire is as bright as it can get without being totally burnt out, I think that this photo is exposed ok. Now if the photographer wanted to see more detail in the person's face, then yeah, the photo is too dark... but I would think that if that was the case, the OP's expectations were a bit unrealistic given the situation.

[cdifoto]

I agree with forkedballs...err I mean forkball. :)

[JMHPhotography]

I agree with forkedballs...err I mean forkball. :)

haha... thanks for the adaptation of my name.:lol:

[cdifoto]

haha... thanks for the adaptation of my name.:lol:

Damn typos....'n' stuff. :)

[ajbalazic]

Looks good to me too.