Gene51 wrote:
He even treated his only negative to a post post development treatment where he used selenium toner to enhance the contrast - quite a risk for the only capture of that scene. But he did this with deliberation and knowing full well what the outcome would be. By the time he was around 35-40 the guesswork was out of his workflow, and his results were almost always fully predictable. He lamented not making a second negative, not the fact he did not bracket the shot.
, Adams wanted a second image (to bracket) but was unable to get it done in time. This is the narrative I recall from Adam's writing.