I'm glad you guys get a break, hacker-induced or not. This competition can really start to burn you out. I remember last cycle toward the end going a little loopy. Of course, our rounds were every 3 days, can you imagine?

The tomb raidin' theme reminded me of a fun shot I grabbed in hullbreaker during my cycle:



I ended up going with another shot because I kept over-analyzing the word 'scenic' in the theme, which landed me in the bottom 3/4 that week. Let that be a lesson that, despite w/e feedback you guys get from us, always choose the pic that you're happy with regardless!

And as for feedback, don't feel frustrated about critiques with lighting, deadspace, etc. Know that if we judges are talking about that, it's because you've got all the core elements in the shot and we need to pick up on more subtle things you can improve. Most of the cycle 2 models-now-judges agree we wish we had gotten more feedback during our cycle. And so we're trying to keep pushing you guys.

Anyway, have a good time relaxing for a change guys!