Always a pleasure to "see" you! Many thanks for your kind words... I don't think, there is one ruling over the other, to me it is about being close.. Yes, the gold is gold leaf. Sorry, not the best photo.
I would definitely recommend BeScouted. The owner David came to steemit just before I did and we have become "steemit buddies". He originally created BeScouted as a platform for people in the photo business to connect and encouraged me, when I thought about getting an account there. Sign up as "photographer".. you are photographing your work (David's words). They are now connected to the steem blockchain, so when you post something there, it shows up in your steemit feed, provided, you follow the instructions to connect accounts, once signed up.
You can use my referral link if you like.
In case you are looking for another reward based site, I just found Sola where you can post pictures/photos and get rewards like here. With its own currency.... I've only been there a couple of days myself, but I've met a few people from here already. If you use my link I get a reward... and you, of course, also one from me in return :-)
I did make a post about it, a couple of days ago.
Hope I answered your questions and if there is anything else, please don't hesitate to ask 😁
Thank you for this information. I have joined Sola, but didn't bother reading your how to before hand. So, I may have flubbed it, but then I added the phone app as you recommended. I'm not really sure how we follow one another on Sola, but I think this is the link to me. https://sola.ai/donna_davis
Found ya :-) Looking good, one can't do much wrong. For extra exposure go to one of my later posts there, click on "artists of plag" on top and prioritize that channel. Then you can post to that instead of "world".