A closeup of the Maker’s Mark bottle, and the wooden barrels. It is one of the few American made whiskeys to be spelled in the Scottish form ‘whisky’. Learn something new everyday!…
We showed up right at closing time, so the shot on the left was taken right before they closed the door to the tour area. They did let us roam around the grounds a little before leaving though, and they did switch on all the lights again for us to buy a sample.
The mark itself – ‘S IV’ actually shows that it’s the Samuels family (4th generation) that is currently in charge of the distilling process.
Composite shot:
Barrels:
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
1/40 sec at f/1.2
ISO 3200
50mm
Bottle:
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
1/4 sec at f/3.5
ISO 400
68mm+EF12 extension tube
Strobist info: Canon 580 EXII with snoot fired through the bottom of the bottle at 1/128 power.
