Need a little help

[MulesAFpilot]

Hey everyone.. I was noticing after I edited some photos, that they looked quite a bit different from my monitor to my wife's monitor. I wanted to see what others out there say about these shots. Are they too dark? or too light? They look fine on my monitor, but my wife's monitor they look a lot brighter.

Thank you...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3221/2297911841_cf75acacd4_b.jpg

This is the one with the biggest difference
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2001/2187824204_f45567b45d_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2382/2187880170_ea5ed485b5_b.jpg

[NZDoug]

Theyre juicy but slightly on the dark side, imho.
My monitor is calibrated monthly.

[MulesAFpilot]

Thank you very much. That's what I was going for. Good, so my monitor isn't that far off. It's my wife's monitor that's too bright. Again, thanks.

[PhotosGuy]

Nice shots, but I don't think these are a good test. Even if you only use Adobe Gamma which comes with PS, you really should calibrate with a controlled image.
Quick test:
http://epaperpress.com/monitorcal/index.html

Monitor Calibration
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=158158

How do you calibrate your monitor?
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=196318

[MulesAFpilot]

Ok, since I don't own a monitor calibrator, I did what Adobe told me to do. Here is a before and after test picture. Please let me know if I'm close. Thank you all yet again.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i45/cmsupilot/american-test.jpg

[NZDoug]

The look your after is subjective so "one mans1 meat is another mans` poison".
Cliche`s aside ,I think your tweaked side, that is , the lighter side, is an improvement.
The best thing to do if you dont have access to calibration, is shoot a colour target, and post it, so the viewer can see a known thing in a known light.
Nice shots, btw.

[PhotosGuy]

I did what Adobe told me to do. I use gamma, too. You can check the calibration a bit better down in this (wordy) thread: (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=158158) look for "Gamma and black level chart"

I agree with Doug. An improvement, but hard to tell just what's "right" as browsers have problems (http://regex.info/blog/photo-tech/color-spaces-page2/), too.