Depot Bottom Country Store - McMinnville, TN
This is the epitome of history in small town America and, specifically, Tennessee.  Depot Bottom Country Store in McMinnville, Tennessee is located very near the local railroad yard.  This would have been the busiest, most significant little store in this neighborhood once upon a time.  Groceries, freshly sliced bologna sandwiches, cold Coca-Cola in a glass bottle, pickled eggs on the counter, a little hardware, and a lot of hanging out by the senior, male segment of the community.  Slow, small town life that many of us would like to return to...

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix to create this HDR image.  Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

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