Response to Pyrocat-HD Report

I may not have chosen the best subject for my comparison test. The day was hazy bright, with no real detail in the sky. I made my 1-3/4 minute exposures with a pinhole. It is pretty much inevitable that the skies will be blown out in pinhole photographs. I have developed 8x10 pinhole photos in D-23, Rodinal, and Ansel's pyrocatechin compensating formula and have never gotten any detail in a bright sky. So I doubt that a conventional developer would have done better. The fence in the photos is black wrought-iron--you will have to take my word for it that there is good shadow detail, as the subtle blacks simply will not reproduce on the web.

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