I have been very careful with how i lay out my adsense, making sure there are no pictures too close etc. However i must ask.... is having my adsense ads mixed closely into my content a violation or not? The reason i ask is because im setting up a new site and the adsense is seamlessly integrated into the content, looks great but i'm wondering if it's too seamless
i dont think its illegal thing but make sure that amount of ads should be less then the content and one can easily distinguish between ads and content .. also make sure that your CTR rate should not be greater then 5..
If you read where Google suggests to put Ads it actually suggests doing inline ads right inside of content. So as long as like you said you not putting them too close to pictures you should be good.