2014. Newport Beach, California USA
Original work by @clayop
Special thanks to my wife and son in this photo :)
Newport Beach, USA
8 years ago in #photography by clayop (73)
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My kids today at Island Rügen in Germany, can I have please 4K, for twins :-)
LOL, good one! You sir deserve at least 8k for that pic.
I think 16k for twins.
This post should be titled, "Hey look I took a snapshot with my phone, and my friends gave me 2k". This really has to stop, posts like this bring down the legitimacy of this platform.
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Nice to see your friends ^ upvoting this again and providing further proof that this is becoming a greater circle jerk each day.
I dont like your comment, it is not a special photo but a regular one.
But he likes it , and he decided to post it here- and you are getting jelous because some whale liked it too?
Go out, make better photo, and stop spreading the hate all over our community.
In actuality all his post are upvoted by the same whales, It's an abuse of the system and hurts the platform. It's rewarding content creators over good content.
Don't think it's an abuse. It might be flaw.
isn't it abuse, when the flaw is known and used ?
A friend who I encouraged to try steemit posted a pretty amazing drone video (imo) literally seconds before this photo.
He watched as he got $0.00 and this got thousands. He took it with humor, but definitely disillusioned with steemit now. This sort of thing is bad for the platform.
His post btw: https://steemit.com/photography/@langly/eight-point-buck-with-his-harem-shot-from-phantom-4#@slimjim/re-langly-eight-point-buck-with-his-harem-shot-from-phantom-4-20160801t130020206z
Same.. I encouraged a friend to share his photos too. He earns next to nothing. He's just happy to share and that he get's anything in return. Though when I see images and rewards like this, it just feels like a grand injustice and manipulation by the 1%. The actions of whales in this regard, hurts Steemit, it doesn't help it....by the way, I upvoted your friend for what it's worth :)
https://steemit.com/steemit/@mikeinfla/it-s-really-starting-to-stink-in-here
Totally agree...the pic is worth nothing from an artistic perspective.
It's pretty disappointing to see this stuff going on.
I'm applying my first downvote because this is pure mediocrity. Here's the corrupting power of money at work.
I would suggest if we want to be heard, this post needs to gets down voted to it's true value.
agreed, I'm going to start aggressively downvoting mediocrity. This kind of thing will be the death of this platform I believe.
I agree, this is sad. Not a terrible photo but almost. What to do? Circle Jerk is what I was thinking, the curation of pure mediocrity. Discouraging.
Im going to post one of Kelowna Beach on Okanagan lake! Its much more beautiful! But i bet i will get 0 dollars! 👎👎👎👎
Sad, but true. I just posted this tongue n cheek commentary on the above - https://steemit.com/photography/@c082832/i-took-a-photo-with-my-phone-someone-give-me-usd2000-too
Ok its done! So far im up to 2 cents,! Lol! Wish me luck! Hahahaha😂😂😂😂heres a link how about an upvote at lest!
https://steemit.com/photography/@karenmckersie/okanagan-lake-beach-kelowna-british-columbia-canada
I worked for a whole week on a recent post but I have no whale friends. So yeah, I'm powering down what little I own. The writing is on the wall.
Sad, but a think this could be an insurmountable problem here. This is supposed to be meritorious and about finding GOOD content. Mediocrity thrives and politically correct glad handers abound.
Yeah, i agree. This will not help the platform at all.
I do not understand how one photo has gained so many votes?
Say anything you do there? Wife does the castle, and the child breaks it?
Although the sea is really beautiful. Like.
He has rich friends ( whales ) that upvote his content because of who he is, not the quality of his posts. It's a systemic problem with Steemit.
yes whales feed wanna be whales and us minnows die of hunger or just plain get sucked into their traps to come out the back as whale poop !! Im pretty tired of this stuff too !! But what is the solution is what we should be asking?? Is there indeed one as the whole point of steem is to gain by content and the upvote esteem of the community as a whole !! This clearly is an example of the great failing in what is otherwise beautiful and yes somewhat socialist community concept where actions in the ocean of thought are beneficial to all and not just the few connected ones as we have seen since two thousand years in the real world !! We must not less this certainly unscrupulous behavior take the steem from our boilers, time maybe to go back to Whaling ??
We all need to downvote on posts like this, I know there is a stigma and a price but it has to be done.
yeah but to what effect as the damage is done already, time has passed its a done deal before our very noses, just look below to all the kiss ass BS positive comments on how great the photo is, all the phishers of steem dollars !! my god brainless and sad, and frankly false !! i feel it for the guys who work on this site with long hours, to make it work, that they see it against im sure their wishes given over to baseless inanity and greed !!
Hope they can put in some sort of filter against this happening, as it is very much as far as i am concerned a monumental crack in the Steem Boiler !1
That day lock wery beutifull.
I live in Norway, here it almost rain every day :p
Rain, Sun, Snow some days all day long.
Nice photo, still winter in southern hemisphere. Can't wait for summer and beach time.
yeah me to bro :3 ...nice photo @clayop
both of you must see @clayop 's son look very happy
nice photo @clayop 8]
Maybe this picture will go down in history! you always do cool photo! Thank you for your work!
Thanks a lot!
I spent a whole day and several hours putting this post together: https://steemit.com/photography/@gridcoinman/a-trip-to-the-buffalo-bill-memorial-musem-pistols-rifles-and-indians-story-photos and it got $398, which is till good. But seeing this one photo get $1,700 is absolutely insane.
Yep! I learned lots from your post. This a camera photo snapshot with no artistic merrit from 2014 and $1700. It's well past art being subjective at this point.
Looks like a great fun time!
Beautiful day. Captured. Thanks for sharing!
how beautiful is that XD amazing ....upvote for you @clayop
It looks like some good memories there .
Wonderfull! :)
@clayop, what camera the picture was taken?
Nexus 5X (smartphone) :)
Amazing photo
You have beautiful family :)
Oh the memories :)
Cool story/picture brah...
https://steemit.com/geothermal/@steve-mcclair/building-a-geothermal-greenhouse
Hello whales ! want to vote for a post without any content value ?, give a shot on this one: https://steemit.com/steem/@sgdias/steem-experiment-only-for-whales
@clayop, Are you from around the Newport Beach area, or were you just visiting? The water looks inviting.
Good shot! You must have very good memories there.
Well paid photo. Upvoted ))
👍beautiful photo..., @clayop
I voted because it's my hometown - nostalgic
Nice picture ♥
Ive never flagged anyone and dont want to still but come on! I took these photos over the course of 3 years and ill get 0.01 for it and this phot gets 3k?? Send me an upvote if you agree mine are much more interesting
https://steemit.com/photography/@mguy808/amazing-photos-from-a-samsung-galaxy-s5
I think is nice spend time with the family especially on the beach! Make me think when I was child playing with "my pot to build the huge castle" that in theory should resist till the day after (that was the idea) but then was destroyed or from someone else or the waves... then I started being smart and bastard... I was putting inside the castle some stick in the way that if someone else wanted to destroy my castle was getting hurt... and to fight the waves I was creating a moat !!! Great time!
thank you to remind me this @clayop
Where are the Whales in the picture?
Orange County is a beautiful place. I love to take pictures at the beach.
Nice @clayop
Shot you an Upvote :)