Layer mask reveal w/drop-shadow

I have an image silohetted on a trasparent backgound. In order to put a drop shadow on it that only affects the bottom half of the image, I duplicated the layer, added a drop shadow layer style and a layer mask>reveal to fade the effect of the drop shadow. This worked but the layer masked added black or darker coloring to the over all image - then I reduced the fill on that particular layer to 0% and still got the discoloration. Why is the overall image getting darker with the addtion of the lay mask on the layer style? Thanks for your time and consideration up front.

I guess you disabled "knockout" in the Drop Shadow options. If the layer with the shadow had been the lowest layer then it wouldn't have mattered.
Something else that may be useful in future is the Create Layer(s) command for converting Layer Style effects to regular pixel layers.

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