This is so true what you are saying here and the comparison is very apt between photography and poetry! I am one of the few curie curators who submits poetry and I have got nearly all of them accepted, but this is only because I'm able to point out the obvious indicators of exceptional talent in those works as that is what I strive for myself.

1 hour researching, 1 hour driving to the location, 1 hour finding the right spot, settings, or waiting for the perfect light, 1 hour driving back home, another hour going through the files and selecting the one to edit

This made me chuckle as it is exactly how I feel about some perceptions around poetry. There is an unfortunate (generalized) attitude that a poem is a 10-20 minute post, and some are, but high quality poetry is far from that. It usually takes me between 1-2 hours to write/research a first draft with a lot of stopping and starting to allow for thoughts/images to develop and not force it. First draft is rarely up to standard. I spend on average 4 hours I'd say editing and re-writing a poem over a few days as the feeling and understanding of where it has sprung from, subconsciously, deepens over time. Ha ha, I published a poem on steemit about 6 months ago that I had abandoned in disgust over ten years before. I saw it in my folder and re-read it, completely re-wrote it and edited it a few times and it ended up something I was proud of when before it had honestly been very sentimental & cliche. All in all around 10 hours went into creating that poem.

I've just realized that this may sound very high handed 😂, but I'm only relating these experiences as example of what I know happens on steemit to many other creative writers. I feel like WritCoin could help in rewarding through a kind of specialized curation. Sure it would be a little mad for a poem written in 5 minutes to get a $10 upvote, but one that is exceptional and took 4-5 hours or more over two days? I personally think that $10 is cheap. Same applies to other disciplines like photography which you mention.

Thanks you for this thought provoking comment @soyrosa and thank you for your support. Hopefully see you soon at SF3 :-)