Converting color space for web

i shoot all my photos in adobe rgb. i would like to convert them for use on the web. i have read that they should be in sRGB color space. in photoshop i convert to sRGb color space but they still look the same as they did with adobe rgb, muddy and desaturated. can anyone help? i am getting extremely frustrated! thanks

Probably you're using a web browser that assumes monitor RGB for untagged images, and the gamut of your monitor is smaller than sRGB. So when monitor RGB is assumed, your images look desaturated.
You can get a wider gamut display. You can use a browser like Firefox with color management enabled, which assumes sRGB for untagged images. Or you can tag all your images with the sRGB profile (at a cost of 3.5k per image). In PS, you can assign your display profile after you've converted to sRGB to simulate what your browser is doing (or proof setup > monitor RGB).
In general though, don't sweat it too much. All the images you've ever viewed on the web that were prepared for sRGB have been muddy and desaturated as you're now experiencing, and it's never bothered you before. Have faith in your users' capacity for ignoring these details...
http://www.gballard.net/psd/saveforwebshift.html

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