I don't think color selection is allowed, unless specified for the contest but it's not specific in the rules.

You should have photographed apples

I would guess the photo within the photo really has no guide lines, after all the description says your creativity is the limit. The actual photo of the photo doesn't seam to have any illegal adjustments. Very creative author. GL!

Totally agree with xogx202.

You are totally right xogx202. Jawshoewhah, the "entry" as seen here, has NO ILLEGAL adjustments. It doesn't say that the photo that is being photographed can't have adjusments.

*Agrees with author*

This is a cool shot, but I'm not sure it's allowed, going by your SBS. The theme says to use another photo, not that the photo rules are suspended (selective color etc)

"The theme says to use another photo" HUH? Can you please explain yourself better Kyricom?

Um, actually the contest us a little bit more specific than "use another photo". It also says, "Do not use photos you've already used in one of our contests." So that must mean that all the same rules apply to even the photo you are photographing. At least, that's the way I interpret it.

I still think you should have photographed apples, since you were low on yellow ink. IMO, it just looks weird looking at red bananas.

I think it's a cool shot, but if I remember, your SBS said you used "selective color" when working on the bananas. I don't think we're allowed to use selective color in our entries (unless the theme specifies it's ok)

The ENTRY itself does not have selective color; the photo that I photographed does and there is nothing that says what your photo has to be.
I think they said not to use photos that were used in contests already because that would give away anonymity.

OK. I guess that makes sense. GL.