I have to chime in on this one and say I agree with the overall sentiment. The pre-vote was just announced after the contest had ended, according to the contest rules. What is posted in the forum should be considered non-issue as pre-vote should have been stated up-front. If e-on agreed to judge it and they had a limit as to how many images they would be willing to look at, then it should have been stated in advance. Then folks would have been aware of the pre-vote. If not, e-on should review all the images and judge that way. Irene has some valid points and I 100% agree with her. Guitta, don't get me wrong, this is not about sour grapes as I did not anticipate winning. I was mainly looking to get my work out there and seen. However, I don't believe it's fair to change the rules at the end of the contest. If you see two images in a contest and both are exceptionally good, would you not vote for one if it were a friend of yours? IMHO, that takes a few of us out of the race who do not have a huge friend base here to login and vote for them. Just my 2 cents.