Little Brown Jug

In this case the Little Brown Jug or Lil Brown Jug contains, not moonshine, but good ole, Lanark County, maple syrup. I purchased it when were were at Wheelers last week. Once we got it home, I thought it would make a good photo prop. 

Sue had the idea of putting a candle behind the jug (she's much smarter than I) and also to add the maple sugar candy. I don't like the candy [to eat], but she does, so we always pick up a few pieces. It is only once or twice a year after all.

I started out with a normal, 40mm, fixed lens.

I like it well enough, but if you check the label, it isn't tack sharp.

I moved a little closer with the same lens.

Using different processing, it's much brighter, and the label is also sharper.

I got out my macro lens which meant that I couldn't get the whole jug in the frame.

The label is tack sharp, but the candy isn't. Macros can yield a small depth of field, and I would have needed to use a narrower aperture to also get those in sharp focus. Alas, it was time to go and get ready for family dinner.

To conclude, I feel as though I must offer up a fiddle rendition of Maple Sugar. I have posted this tune previously, but this is a different clip.