JF- very few hits?  very few comments? 181 views on an image with a  thumbnail of a foot is very few?  115 in one day? 13 people adding you as a favorite artist, and 32 adding your images as favorites?   wow, you have pretty high expectations, imho.  i think you're doing pretty well, considering the size of the community and how many are vying for attention.  looking at your gallery (which i've visited before), i'm not surprised you don't get many "useful" comments, if by that you mean constructive criticism.  you have a very specific style, and i don't think anyone could tell you how to better achieve it.  a lot of the standard, "here's how to improve your lights, here's how to improve your composition, here's how to improve your pose, etc." advice wouldn't really be appropriate.  especially in cases where most of the story is in the text, with the image just serving as illustration rather than the image telling the story and the text just adding a bit a finish.

though if you're interested, i could give you some feedback.