Photographic dye-forming coupler, emulsion layer, element, and process

The invention provides a photographic light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a pyrazolotriazole dye-forming coupler having the formula: wherein: R1 is a substituent bonded to the pyrazolotriazole nucleus by a fully substituted carbon atom; X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group; R2, R3, R4, and R6 are independently hydrogen or substituent groups; R5 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, and aryloxy groups; R7 is an alkyl group; and Y is a substituent group where m is 0 to 4. The invention also provides a coupler compound, a photographic element containing the emulsion layer of the invention, and an imaging process.