That's essentially the reasoning behind removing the names, to increase objectivity. Human nature being what it is, is highly subjective in matters of taste & judgement.
When the idea was put to us, we thought it was a good idea, so the change was made.
What's interesting is that before the technical difficulties, i.e Take 1, the voting was different. The current leader was coming 3rd or 4th from memory, no doubt due to him being an unpopular member of this site :wink: . Sure, it was early days and I have little doubt that the longer the poll was up for, the more the best pics would have emerged as favourites.
When I was at art school, we were trained to walk into a gallery at look at all the art from a distance before looking at the name of the artist, the price tag or the title. It's very tempting to look at the name before the pic and be consequently influenced by it.
You wouldn't believe how many people I saw at art galleries & exhibitions, that looked at the name plate before looking at the art! :shock:
So we're doing it this way to objectify the images and therefore level the playing field, in much the same way as making all the pics the same size, so that no-one has an advantage.
