Bruh giving it to him straight holy shit haha

I think the issue is that your posed the same way in all your pics. Also the pic isnt telling the girl anything about you besides you "youre a guy". I like the stairs pic the best. The rest you should work toward replacing while still trying to have 4 pics on your profile. You need a couple activitity pics. You playing guitar (or any instrumenent), you playing soccer (or any sport), you in a cool place outside. Whatever your passionate about, I'm about to ad a surfing one myself but I have one of me on my motorcycle cause I like riding motorcycles

And dont be afraid to smile or smirk (use Faceapp if you don't like your teeth)

Also show off that forearm tattoo from what I see it looks cool. Alex does a good jobs with that POV pic of him petting his dog.

Summary:
You're not ugly
I don't think your photo quality is bad either
Smile more
Different poses
Add some activity shots

I think you're over thinking this. Get a second opinion from someone else on here, they tell you the same thing, but they may give you some better advice.

I would just slow down on the amount of texts you send. If your still in her Insta DMs, remember not to open them cause they'll tell her you opened them.

Also don't be afraid for the conversation to die. You can always slide up on her Instagram story or just say "hey what's up" to pick up the conversation again

Also I wouldnt put all your eggs in one basket here too. You should still be texting other women on dating apps and what not.

Lastly, when the timing lines up you may still have to get her to reinvest.

I know Alex has a video where he was in a similar situation (go and find it)
I don't remember exactly what happened but I think she was out of town and he was in Jersey and after a month or so he hit her up again, but he did make sure to rebuild the investment first before going for the meet up

*After you message her

Yeah definitely slow down the input. Is this woman texting you back super fast after she messages you?

How many texts are you sending a day?

I'd bring up your traveling so people know you don't wanna anything serious (if that's the case)
But you should let women know you speak three languages anyway that's awesome man!

5, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20
Are my favorite. Avoid the low quality ones