I also pretty much ignore the ratings, not because someone puts out random one-star ratings, but for the reason troopsofdoom speaks about above: too many pictures are given high ratings. On some pages of the joedios.com photos section, it's four or five stars for every single picture on the page, completely disregarding differences in quality. I can understand how some people feel even the attempt should be rewarded, not just the result, but this makes the whole ratings system meaningless.