The image I reference is in my gallery, my most recent upload of an eagle in dark shadow. The effect of the image has much to do with the darkness and with "enough" of the bird showing on your computer monitor.  At work today, someone wanted to see any shots I had of the eagle and going to 'rosity from work gave me a less than desirable image.  The business flat screens there simply do not have the brightness and contrast to show the photo as intended and as it will print on photo paper.

This is an experiment and I have no idea if it will work. I have posted a reversed (negative) of the gallery image. This should give you an idea of the outline of the head of the eagle which should be dark but visible on the gallery image. I am assuming the negative here will show more of the head outline than an overly dark normal image and give an idea of how much is to show even if darkly in the normal image.( I might be totally wrong in thinking this.)

If you have any interest in seeing if it shows that much head of the bird to you, please click my name and go to the gallery to see the image.  I am not promoting the photo and am not including a link to it.  I figure if you want to try the experiment you will take a look. No comments are being solicited on the image page.  That is not the reason at all for this post.

All I want to know is if you possibly see my upload somewhat close to how I see it here. Or, at least do you see it well enough to recognize the intent of the dark photo?

Thanks for any input.  We are all dependent on the view each member actually sees on their personal monitor.  For the most part, I imagine that works out fine.  In the case of this photo I uploaded, I am not certain.  The rendering on pc monitors at work was terrible.  :  (

Thanks for reading this and even more if you take a look and let me know the results here.
You may take the inverse image shown here and inverse it again in your graphics software to take a look that way. Please, if you download, do that only to take a look and do not use the image for any other purpose or mail to anyone. Thanks.       TomDart.

Tom, I see it very well in the dark with my Samsung monitor, but this negative is very weak to me. Could almost not see what it was. 

Helle

 I'm with helle - i can see the darkened image with more clarity than the negative - even down to the brown feathers on the chest - on a Samsung SyncMasterT200 which technically isnt calibrated since i changed graphics cards - more done on "sight"...

I am also using a Samsung monitor, a fairly recent purchase, with an older but quality graphics card.   I am glad you gentlemen can see the photo ok.   I honestly do not know if the negative experiment was worth it or not, any more than asking you to simply take a look.

My view does match prints very closely and while that is my primary concern,  I still wish for others to see a reasonably close image.  If their graphics card and monitor are like those in my work place, that is sad because so much is being missed or seen improperly.  

So I was maybe not the best to answer, because I have a brand new Grafic card.
Nividia GEforce GTX 285, so if I dont see it well........... !

I can clearly see the outline of the head  in both images.
I am sure your image will print well on a good printer.
 
hth

I am using a printing service aimed at pros and with room for folks like me.  They offer a full range of Fuji and Kodak papers for chemical work and giclee which is done very well.  I post a disc to them of large files I would need hours to upload over DSL.  This place actually has a store front, a real location I could go to directly but not when 300 miles from here.

Since having this monitor and a bit of trial, prints come out very pleasing next to the digital files.

I respect the gentlemen who have responded to this thread, considering you a knowledgeable bunch.  We could meet at a pub but sorry...too far across the Atlantic.          Tom

I came, I read, I clicked, and I saw your eagle just fine, I'll try looking again from work tomrrow to see if I notice any difference.

It's wonderful that you have access t these creatures, although I alway hate to hear of them being injured.