From this springs rally against gun violence reworked as black and white. I'm really not happy the way this is portrayed as compared to the image on Flickr. Click if you want to compare.

[eaglem]

Music a camera what more do you need.

[JensE]

I'm really not happy the way this is portrayed as compared to the image on Flickr.

Is it the default white background on the forum? Try the style selector on the bottom left.

[kernos]

Is it the default white background on the forum? Try the style selector on the bottom left.

I wish that were the issue. Look at the beard hair on this view and then flickr. There is considerable more detail and contrast on flickr. I used a large image for the bbc code, perhaps I should have gone bigger.

[JensE]

Look at the beard hair on this view and then flickr.

I can see nothing wrong here. You linked the 1024x678 pixel flickr image. When I follow the link, the default zoom renders a 1600x1059 sized image for me, which naturally has more details - with the dynamic zoom switching to an even more detailed 2048x1356 rendition. The scaled down versions look OK to me, contrast-wise I can't see a difference, and reasonable post-resize sharpening seems to have happened as well. Histograms look identical, except for the "smoothing" effect for the smaller size due to interpolation. The white vs. black background does make a big difference in appearance with respect to contrast.

In all sizes, a great picture!