The Photography hot 20 has never been a disappointment to me, I discovered it about a month ago, there are always images of excellent quality on there, and I do agree the vote should be for the image and not for the artist. But as far as limiting the votes? As Enax stated, I really don't think there should be a limit on votes, simply because of the excellence I have seen in this gallery on any given day (and yes there is more then one excellent image uploaded at any given time). I only vote when I see an image that is of exceptional quality, and I don't always type in the word "VOTE" either when I do vote. Matter of fact until recently, I never voted, as I had no clue what it was either, so no worries Tom, you were not alone in that category. As far as rankings go? I also do not believe that they are totally useless, there are a lot of excellent images out there that do not necessarily warrant a vote. If I do not feel an image is of "excellent quality" I do not rank it as being excellent. I guess it is all just a matter of preference, if everyone had the same taste, it would be a very boring world. Just my two cents! :)