Finally, 
@daveksThe first time that I had the pleasure of meeting
Wait, that wasn't
This was the image that
In fact, it took him 13 posts to get more than 4 upvotes and actually get paid for a post. The payout on this post was $0.02. The photo from that post is the one above.
Finally, when he posted the image above called PINK SUNSET he got his first "real payout" of $96.41. Actually, he has never topped that payout. It was the second time that I had noticed and upvoted a post from
When I upvoted his GIANT DRAGONFLY post, I finally noticed the "rookie tags" that he was still using. That was his 29th post on steemit, and he tagged it in photography, giant, dragonfly, and waskesiu. Now I knew that photography is a good tag to have a post get noticed in, but who checks for new posts in giant or waskesiu?
If this guy was going to get some more attention from the whales, he'd need to step up his game a little when it came to tags. Always trying to be one to be helpful, I shared a photo of my own, and a comment.
I did a photo-post on some dragonflies a little bit ago, this is one of the shots.
You should post some of these in nature & outdoors to get some more traffic. Also maybe photo.
He replied:
Great shot, and thanks for the tips
So I added:
You are welcome. I think it would help you out a bit with exposure.
He's kept at it since then, frequenting posting excellent shots like the one above. Most of the early posts were just the title, photo, and tags, so I suggested that he add at least a few words. His newer posts have some great background information, and you can sense a little of his personal flavor in his posts.
Though
In fact, when I saw transfers to his account from blocktrades, I thought for a moment that he may be a whale in disguise. Actually, he is not the whale with the username "blocktrades" but was transferring in some STEEM POWER.
To share just a few more things about the user known as
@daveks is an excellent choice. The photos are amazing, the posts brief enough to easily fit into your busy day, and he always wants any rewards that he gets paid out in 100% Steem Power. Here's a few more of his photos that I like.
As always, I'm
proof-of-peppers
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The majority of the images used in this post were photos taken from the blog of
The title image, dragonflies mating, screenshot, and proof-of-peppers were my images.
