you did nothing wrong @travelingsomm, you can post whatever the hell you like.
Still, this is really frustrating to see. In no possible way should your posts earn anything like this. Why would you get rewarded 250$ for posting a picture. Think about it. I totally agree with @brayias. This applies to all of your posts. You are a weird Steemit phaenomena created by @kpine. This account, this single person, is the reason for your success, you did not work for it as many others on this platform do.
Steemit is a social experiment and so are you :) All the people just jump on because it is a high paid post and they want to put their names out there, aka have a piece of the cake. I really do not get the motives of people like @kpine, using his/her voting power like this is just stupid and does not bring steemit forward, it could be used way better at other ends. Then again, he/she is free to do whatever he/she wants to do. I just cant figure out the why. For me there are two possible reasons
a) you know each other in real life
b) @kpine has a lot of fun of watching where he can direct people with money, he is basically buying you, making you post more stuff, it is a really interesting experiment to watch :)

Anyway, congrats on your rewards, spend them wisely ;)