Uploaded photos too bright

[pilsburypie]

Is it me, my monitor or just the white background of this forum? I adjust my photos in photoshop to have them look how I want, upload them on here (obviously reduced in size) and they look a little bright/over exposed - just a bit, say 1/3 stop.

Anyone else noticed or is it just me?

[NinetyEight]

Colourspace set to sRGB?

[pilsburypie]

Colourspace set to sRGB?
hhhmmmm, do you mean have I got it set to that or should I have it set to that?

[Woolburr]

If you are displaying photos on the web....they should be set to sRGB....since that is the standard. Is your monitor calibrated? Your images look to be more than 1/3 of a stop over-exposed....more like 1/2 to 2/3 stop.

[pilsburypie]

No my monitor isn't calibrated - not even sure how to do that! You say my photos look around 1/3 stop over exposed - you are right. During a little PP I do boost the exposure by just that. Looks better on my monitor in photoshop. Just when I size them for the web and post, they come out over exposed as you say....

Just checked and I am set to sRGB

[Woolburr]

You can start by doing a soft monitor calibration.....this is a pretty simple and straight forward tool.....http://www.hex2bit.com/products/product_mcw.asp

That should help a lot....the next step is to do an actual calibration using a tool such as the Spyder. http://spyder.datacolor.com/