I'm going for the bright one, given I'm using an iPad ( probably not the best way to view it) I can't see the histogram, so as long as you've set your black and white points and it's not clipped that's all good.
The triffid gets imaged so often that I wonder if it's not a case of that's how everyone does it so that's what's expected... Ie darker.
If there's detail there..... Bring it out and show it
