Peach Syrup

This picture is so simple there's almost not much to say: it's a jar of peach syrup given to me and my wife by a friend of ours. She and her family spent a Saturday morning not too far from our town picking peaches, and a few days later she had several jars of syrup as a result. Originally she had planned on making peach jam but accidentally used the wrong kind of pectin which meant the sweet concoction would not set up properly. Not one to let things go to waste, she went ahead with the jam-making operation and instead ended up with several jars of syrup instead, and gave a couple to us. Since we're big fans of homemade pancakes at my house we certainly didn't mind having syrup instead of jam one bit :)

Something about the way the morning sunlight hit this jar struck a chord with me, and I thought it would make an interesting study in photographic minimalism. I liked the long shadow being cast from the low sun, and part of what I hope to convey in this picture is a sense of warmth an