already two very good suggestions Eddie, but I think I'd go for a more interpretive approach if a literal rendering isnt giving you what you want from the neg .... maybe try to compress the tones as much as possible by pre-flashing the paper, then using the softest contrast grade to come up with a high-key rendition. Maybe using a cool tone developer on a creamy warm-tone paper would work.
Or, perhaps rather than going for a split-grade as jason describes, try a pre-flash to the whole image area then a pre-fog to the sky area to ensure a good highlight tone, then print using a reasonably high grade (depending on what the negative can give ...), then a touch of selective bleach-back as per Don's suggestion (I tend to use a small water colour paint brush and running water, but much the same method) and an over all short and weak bleach then redevelop in thio toner to just hit the highlights.
shame we're all so far away - would be great for each of us to do a print then compare and contrast .. one from Eire, one from England, one from Oz and one from the States ... maybe we're on to something here ....?
