A mistake I notice I make a lot with my photography is my work is constantly oscillating between too birght and too dark as I change how I'm editing it.

Today with a set I got the balance just right and I need to save these images somewhere as a reference to tell future me: just make it look like these ones.

@hexlatex I struggle with the same. Very often the edit looks great on my monitor but when I see it on my smartphone not running on 100% screen brightness it looks too dark. πŸ˜’

@heavyrubberslave Oh I feel this SO much. I'm editing these images on 10 year old computer monitors because I could get them for free, so I have to consider carefully how they're going to appear on literally anything modern.

Though for me, often I'll check them on mobile and notice these white patches where they're overexposed that I just couldn't see when editing. I have a tendency to make my edits come out way too dark as I'm overcompensating for that.

@hexlatex I think many mobile phones have a higher contrast, which makes bright spots brighter and dark ones darker, destroying the subtile balance in many pictures. I edit mine on a modern monitor with some of the best panel available and very high color fidelity. But this seems to be too much for smart phone displays. πŸ˜