I dont know Bryce so it’s a bit hard for me to vote (I can’t distinguish between a nice picture and a technological masterpiece).....but I do know enough to say this: 

There has always been those who enlist their friends to vote for them & final placings will always be somewhat distorted by the presence of a few who really shouldn’t be there at all. Whilst it’s not considered cheating, it’s still vote-rigging. And whatever label the sympathy (aka friendship) vote goes by; it discredits the recipient and is a rude gesture to “the sport” AND the other entrants.

This sort of thing puts some people off entering  or voting on future competitions & encourages other entrants to enlist the help of their long-suffering friends too....but so long as those oh-so-genuine-Bryce-Lovers get their sympathy votes......I guess its all good?