An image selecting apparatus includes a designation receiving portion which receives designation of a desired specific scene, an input receiving portion which receives input of image data representing an object image, a characteristic value deriving portion which derives from the image data input into the input receiving portion a characteristic value for use in distinguishment of the specific scene referring to reference data in which the kind of a characteristic value and distinguishing condition corresponding to the characteristic value are defined in advance by the scenes which can be designated as the specific scene, and a distinguishing portion which determines whether the image data represents an image which is of the specific scene input into the designation receiving portion on the basis of the characteristic value derived by the characteristic value deriving portion referring to the corresponding distinguishing condition defined in the reference data.