Blair, I think there are many people who appreciate your photography on CF. Your pic may have done better in a different mix of pics, just like mine would have. As soon as I saw the ram and the apisto, I knew who would win. Just look at the vote totals for those 2 fish compared to everyone else.
Hristo took a great photo, but to have twice as many votes as others is just ridiculous and that's not Hristo's fault in the least bit.
By the time my photo had 20 votes, the average was 5.5. I laughed. I knew this recent entry would not do well but I wanted to see for future references.