It also works that way for me (the most thumbed photo is what my list uses), but I have no problem with that. I prefer to see the 'best' photo which is often much better than whatever I may have contributed. Also works as personal encouragement to submit only the very best photo I have of a particular plant, hoping it will be the princess photo. Or, if there are already plenty of beautiful photos of the plant bloom, perhaps take a different approach and submit one of the leaf or stalk. I think it helps grow the database, which we are all sharing and contributing to.