fishfreek,
I think that part of the problem is that the whole photo submission process is a little confusing. It took me a couple of tries to figure out how to submit photos in the correct gallery, and I did not know that photos submitted in any catagory automatically got put in my personal gallery untill later.
Perhaps some better documentation will correct that problem?
All in all, I am very glad that so many people are willing to share their photos. AA has a huge amount of photos to share and get people better informed with this hobby. I spend hours just browsing the photos sometimes.