240mm APO Nikor, 4x5 TMY, Sinar P
Here's a test shot made under more normal lighting conditions - except for the rose petal lit by direct sunlight.
Divided Pyrocat HD development has limited the high values as promised. Without it, the sun-lit rose petal would have been unprintable: it fell on Zone XI. As if by magic, it now has plenty of texture, and the adjacent petals maintain their subtle shading at the same time.
After decades of struggling with challenging light, this is really impressive. It makes you want to go out and shoot all kinds of scenes that we learned long ago, to avoid.
I shuffled 6 sheets continuously, which resulted in even development.
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