The Cataracts – Middle Drop

The Cataracts – Middle Drop

This small stream in Andover, Maine has been overlooked by me for years. I always drive past it to head into Dunn Notch on the Appalachian trail. In fact, I was heading to Dunn Notch on this day, but it was threatening thunder storms and this location is much closer to the road. Look what I have been missing all this time! Once I reached this drop, there was a guy enjoying the falls and he told me there was nothing upstream. I found out on line that there is an even more impressive drop about 2/10 mile further up stream. Guess I am headed back.

These photos were created from multiple bracketed images and blended with the Enfuse plug in with Lightroom 3. I plan on going back into the images to layer with Photoshop to remove some of the blurriness of the moving trees.

Directions:

Take route 5 to Andover, Maine. At the middle of ‘town’ take a left at the intersection of route 120 onto the Upton road. This eventually becomes the East B Hill road. Fry Brook is 5.4 miles on the left. There is a dirt side road that can be driven to make the walk shorter or park at the tar road and walk the trail beside the brook.

Keith Corson

Landscape Photographer living in Maine. I am also an outdoor enthusiast. Love hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, running, kayaking, etc. ad nauseum. I am a Network Engineer for a research facility in Bar Harbor, Maine during the 'day'.

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