Drop shadow causing object transparency

I'm applying a drop shadow to a photograph. The image seems to get less opaque when I apply the object style. No other effect is applied. Am I losing my mind? For budget issues, I have to use 2 color pages, so the image is grayscale and I'm losing the contrast I need.
Help

When I view greyscale TIFFs in Photoshop, they always looks the same regardless of what Profile I select or what Profile the TIFF was previously saved with. (With exception to some profiles that I assume are related to film).
Where are you changing the profile? If the file has a profile assigned then changing the Working Gray space in Color Settings would have no effect because the assignment overrides the working space. If there is an assignment you have to use Edit>Assign Profiles... (not Edit>Convert to Profile...) to change the assignment and see the preview change.
If there's no assignment changing the Working Gray Space will adjust the preview. Here the difference between 10% Dot Gain and 2.2 Gamma is clear:

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