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That's what happen, when the poster just put up without Text Content.
Should have say something about how it been taken, 100% own work, where it have been taken.
Not simply Chuck in a post.
I didn't damaged the reputation, but cut the rewards back a bit.
If they didn't realize and show a bit more work they won't simply get more.

You still downvoted an original image, and someone who brings original content to the platform.
If I post on photography tag I don't have to write anything if I don't want to. That's why it's a photographic category, and not text, travel, poetry or whatever.
It's easy to check if it is an original image or not, there's ways to do that. The easiest is to right click on the picture and "Google search" the image.
Better than downvoting someone who's actually trying to bring original shots to Steemit, just because you don't like pictures without text.

This is not an original one, entered for my MonoMad competition. This one deserves a downvote, but you probably wouldn't do it, because it has text, the guy even says he was the one taking it...

https://steemit.com/photography/@sea-otter/monomad-photographic-contest-silhouettes-entry-1-lightscape-n-1

Will check in a moment.
Let's see.
Waiting for him to verify.
If he can't, consider the account is gone.
If he can, he is a rich man.
That one post he can't get rich.