Middlebury's Backside by Chris Fastie

Nikkor 300mm f/4.5 AI-s, Nikon...

The first sawmill was built on these falls in 1774, and power from Otter Creek has been a cohesive force in Middlebury Village ever since. On the other side of the row of buildings above the falls is a 19th century Main Street which today includes the mix of progressive, utilitarian, and quaint businesses you would expect in a Vermont town.

Elevation: 107 m (350 ft), Camera location from GPS: N43 57.188 W73 59.550

Notes: I used a Nikon D40 with Nikkor 300mm f/4.5 AI-s lens at f/8, 1/125 (bottom rows) to 1/200 (top rows), ISO 200, NEF. 35mm equiv is 450mm, and field of view was set to 3.1 degrees. Two second shutter delay was initiated by wireless remote. Lightroom was used to remove vignetting and increase exposure and saturation before outputting jpegs for stitching.