Patent ID: 6929905

Claim:
A method of processing a silver bromoiodide photographic element comprising contacting the photographic element with a color developer for 20 to 120 seconds; wherein the photographic element comprises a support and more than one dye forming unit, and wherein the least light sensitive layer of the dye forming unit closest to the support contains about 6 μmole/m 2 to about 500 μmole/m 2 of an electron transfer agent releasing compound represented by the formula: CAR-(L) n -ETA wherein: CAR is a carrier moiety which is capable of releasing -(L) n -ETA on reaction with oxidized developing agent; L is a divalent linking group, with the proviso that L is not —O —CO—; n is 0, 1, or 2; and ETA is a releasable 1-aryl-3-pyrazolidinone electron transfer agent having a calculated log partition coefficient (c log P) greater than or equal to 2.40 bonded to L or CAR through either the nitrogen atom in the 2-position or the oxygen attached to the 3-position of the pyrazolidinone ring.