Fair enough but who sees these photos. What kind of following have you built up that will appreciate the work that you put up. Those people earning large amounts have people following them who will give them votes maybe not entirely down to the quality of the post but due to the relationship built over time.
If you were on Instagram and had a thousand nobody's following you do you think that you would be earning money and gaining sponsorship deals? I doubt it. If you had 10 million followers and multiple celebrities on your account you would have companies pushing to give you money.
Content is only one of the factors in earning money. You also have time, hard work, investment and connections. Any of these can help you but all of them means success.
Do you just post photos and expect people to give you votes and money for them? Not trying to sound harsh but photography doesn't interest me so on my feed I would just skip past most of it. What you need is to find people that have an interest in it and willing to support good work. There are plenty of them out there but you will need to catch there attention first.
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Very good points. Again it comes to expectations. On IG no one would be expected to be rewarded so they happily give away their content for others to monetize.
Re not liking photography perhaps you have just not found the right type of photography to interest you ;-)