Michael,(posted 9170 days ago)I'd be cautious about cutting down the development time because the highlights seemed to bright. Pyro excels at being able to handle HIGHlights, which may appear to be even brighter than paper white. Producing a very contrasty negative will allow you to print at the lowest contrast grades, giving you the widest range of greys. To give you an idea, Edward Weston used to print on Grade 0. I've seen some of his negs, and they're contrasty as hell! Be sure and give the negative enough exposure. Try shooting some tests, and even if the negative appears bulletproof, try printing at the lower grades, printing down the values as needed. Pyro isn't like other developers. It can handle a much wider range of values, even into Zone 10 and beyond.