Photographic silver halide materials and process comprising a pyrazolotriazole coupler

A photographic element comprising a support bearing at least one photographic silver halide emulsion layer and a dye-forming pyrazolotriazole coupler wherein

• the pyrazolotriazole coupler comprises a ballast group containing from 14 to 40 carbon atoms and having one water-solubilizing group on the ballast group and having an ether group (--O--) bonded directly to a carbon atom that is bonded directly to the pyrazolotriazole nucleus;
• wherein the pyrazolotriazole is capable of forming an immobile dye in a gelatino silver halide emulsion and is free of coupling-off groups that reduce silver, wherein the ballast group is selected from the group consisting of ##STR65##

A photographic element comprising a support bearing at least one photographic silver halide emulsion layer and a dye-forming pyrazolotriazole coupler wherein

• the pyrazolotriazole coupler comprises a ballast group containing from 14 to 40 carbon atoms and having one water-solubilizing group on the ballast group and having an ether group (--O--) bonded directly to a carbon atom that is bonded directly to the pyrazolotriazole nucleus;
• wherein the pyrazolotriazole is capable of forming an immobile dye in a gelatino silver halide emulsion and is free of coupling-off groups that reduce silver, wherein the solubilizing group is a carboxy group.

A photographic element comprising a support bearing at least one photographic silver halide emulsion layer and a dye-forming pyrazolotriazole coupler wherein

• the pyrazolotriazole coupler comprises a ballast group containing from 14 to 40 carbon atoms and having one water-solubilizing group on the ballast group and further having a group ##STR66## --S--, --SO--, --SO.sub.3 --, or --OSO.sub.2 -- bonded directly to a carbon atom that is bonded directly to the pyrazolotriazole nucleus;
• wherein the pyrazolotriazole is capable of forming an immobile dye in a gelatino silver halide emulsion and is free of coupling-off groups that reduce silver.