Originally Posted by
Doremus Scudder
The premise of your question is erroneous. Developing less (I hate the word "pulling" for N- developments...) will get you less tonal separation overall, including between bridge and sky.
And, I agree with most of the other posters that dealing with the merger between sky and bridge needs to be done when exposing the negative. This is where the Zone System really shines; visualizing these details of your image so you can deal with them at the time of exposure. Filtration could help a lot if you can find a color that will lighten the bridge and darken the sky or, maybe better here, vice-versa. Reading values with your spot meter through the filters can be really helpful to see if you're getting more or less separation with a particular color.
But, you may be able to squeeze a bit more separation out of the current image by printing light and then burning with a #5 filter till you get the dark details you want. Then finish up with a shot of #00 to get a bit of substance in the whites if you need.
Best,
Doremus
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