Only As Strong As Weakest Link

For mundane-chain and macro-march, with its focus on paying attention to background when taking macros, and theme-extremes (hard/soft) . I used a shallow DofF to blur the dirty ice below and create a soft contrast to the chain.
bww shot - http://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2014-03-12
Main album: http://365project.org/taffy/365/2014-03-12

[Laura]

Great shot taffy!

[👑 AnaZad]

Great capture.

[Richard Hickey]

Incredible macro picture. You did a fantastic job with the depth of field.

[Elizabeth]

Great focus and detail!

[Sally Ings]

Love the pov and the detail

[Hope D Jennings]

This is absolutely dab for the theme.just love your pov and dof

[Sarah Munnings]

Love the focus. Beautifully creamy background

[Karen]

Great capture.

[Angela Tavan]

beautiful shot! I love the PoV for the chain!

[Kevin Krueger]

Taffy, your passion is showing!

[Srijit Roy]

marvelous :)

[Alexandra DG]

perfect capture, fav!

[🐞Lucy Dolittle]

Amazing shot and fab words. Fav

[Kane Arlow]

Great dof, it's amazing how a simple object can look so good.

[Caroline Kennedy]

Great shot! I like how you've shown the twist in the chain.

[Nancy Ivison]

Great shot!

[Graham Thresher]

A super macro with great technique. Fav

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Great macro. Love the focus. Perfect. Fav

[Keri]

Great focus and DOF

[Pam Knowler]

Great macro Taffy!! Love the focus and dof!!

[Suse♡]

Great use of dof, looks so strong!

[Michael Phillips]

great focus and background blur.

[Sue Wilde]

Totally fabulous choice of focal length

[David Loermans]

Great perspective in this shot .

[Doug Gray]

I am amazed at people's creativity. Love the what you have done.

[Dione Giorgio]

Awesome focus and dof, Taffy. Well done.

[SIMMY]

Very nice POV and DOF, like it

[Alice Burghart]

great.

[*lynn]

amazing work

[Issi Bannerman]

Nice shot with wonderful DOF.

[Shauna Doty]

great shot!

[Ross Walker]

Your basic presentation emphasizes the strength of the chain. Perfectly done.

[Kerri]

Great focus and pov

[virtualbrownie]

Really like the lines and dof on this

[David Loermans]

Lovely perspective in this shot and great selective focus.

[Zoya]

perfect!!!

[judith deacon]

Great macro and perfect for both challenges.

[Richard Hickey]

Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.

[Trudi Oliver]

wow! fav

[julia]

Fantastic shot.

[Ceeceebee]

Wonderful pov, focus for the challenge. Great shot.

[kali]

beautifully strong links here, great pov

[Molly]

Interesting to read your thought-processes in taking this. The dof and focus are great, and the lighting really brings out the textures too. Fav.

[Leon Buijs]

Great DoF and composition

[Rachel]

fabulpus composition and dof

[Angie]

This is fantastic....great focus

[M.C.Satin]

Cool macro and focus on the suggested "weakest link". Very dramatic, actually.

[elkehochban]

This is fab!

[David Briggs]

Nice shot it really draws one's eye along the chain.

[Mara]

Super cool pov and focus. Great response to the challenges.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great pattern- cool perspective!

[Kathleen Hickey]

Wonderful composition and a very creative shot. I love these new visions of the mundane.

[Junan Heath]

Marvelous macro! Great focus! Fav

[Anita Russell]

Clear and sharp fav

[Raye]

A powerful macro, amazing focus!

[Kathie]

Super macro and DOF. Love how you focused on the 3rd link.

[Shanne]

fantastic chain shot here

[Nia]

Love the pov and dof you used.

[Marloes]

Instant fav!

[Sheralee S]

Fantastic shot, love the pov!

[Victoria Fox]

Oh wow! Love everything about this....the dof, focus, lighting, composition and you managed to cover 4 themes/competitions in one go! Awesome - instant Fav.

[Marloes]

Congrats on the winning, Taffy! :)

[katy]

congratulations on winning this one too!

[robbynmarie]

I love it. Fav~