I understand what you mean, it's difficult to get attention and votes can be hard to come by. I appreciate you using your own photos, writing from the heart and all, which is why I support your posts when I see them. It's just very hard to get solid votes and always has been.
All I can say is keep plugging away at it. Write for you, shift the focus from reward and make it about the writing. For example, I just wrote a 2100 word fiction which I will post in a couple hours...It might get voted and might not but either way, I enjoyed writing it. That's my reward. Doing it that way circumvents any disappointment at not getting votes. You know?
I don't know what else to say really. Just keep at it.
Thank you for your encouragement.