[Petographer]

Just re-calibrated my monitor. It has been a year since doing it last. It seems things have gotten darker over time or I just didn't have a good calibration to start with. I used Adobe Gamma as always. I just think it is important to bring a topic like this to everyones attention from time to time as we all need to be viewing photos from the same perspective or standard.
Take a look at this link and maybe you'll determine if your monitor needs calibrating.

http://epaperpress.com/monitorcal/index.html