Why does the image look faded?

Hi all
I have a photoshop image that is quite black - when I cut & paste it into indesign it looks correct, however when I drag or place the image in, it appears a bit faded.
Does anyone know what might be causing this?
Thank you

(but the preview is still affected)
When there's transparency on the page the soft proof is via the transparency blend space profile—your document's CMYK profile if it is CMYK. It's the same as turning on Overprint Preview. If your placed image is RGB the preview is showing you what will happen when it converts to document CMYK.
In Photoshop you can get the same preview by setting the Working CMYK profile to match your ID profile and turning on Proof Colors.

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