Evidently, he cloned out a boat and in the fine print (or big print) it clearly stated no cloning...either or, he missed the statement and took a major ten thousand pound hit but less than a month later got an equally large prize award in Dubai for a motorcycle wreck shot. He's a fine photographer as well as a good PP man. He's very good and knowing him, I doubt he purposefully tried to circumvent the rules. Also, though he didn't get the top dog award, he took lots of firsts and seconds in that competition. He won't make that mistake next year.
I am now working with duplicate images worked his way and using SEP2 and doing more layering work. I'm retired. I have nothing but time...I shoot, I process, I do some small image printing, I do alternative and on rare occasion drag out the 4x5 and shoot some film - in fact, just got a box of 4x5 infrared. Now trying to figure out how I am going to keep the light out...more adventures.