Response to Pyro...what's all the fuss please?

No one part of the photographic process can be looked at in isolation. Everything, from the lens to the print toner, makes up a system. (We might even include the light in a particular part of the world as part of that system also, such as the light at Point Lobos or Big Sur!) What film developer might work great in one person's system, might be lousy in another. I invite you to take a look at a photo of mine at: http://www.ravenvision.com/chrisrock.jpg If this isn't "luminous" I don't know what is. What developer did I use? Pyro? Some exotic compensating developer I obtained from Photographer's Formulary? Surely not "soot & chalk" HC-110! Yes, HC-110. Film? Good old Tri-X 4164. Paper? Ordinary Ilford MC IV Fiber. Lens? An old 14" Kodak Commercial Ektar. So much for exotic materials. Thank Big Sur, Mother Nature, luck, a wonderful model and a decent photographer for the rest.

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