Clone Me

Ut oh - this litte Athena is defective.

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week 33 of the 52

The race is on. South Korean biotech company, RNL Bio recently became the first company to commercially clone a dog for a private citizen.

What next? How long before it's humans? How do YOU feel about cloning?

I think one of me is all this planet needs. Those of you who know me, no doubt agree! lol

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~A

**This is not a photoshop trick - what you are seeing is light bouncing off the background and being refracted through the droplets on this little spiral. Shot with a macro lens and two handheld speed lights. **

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~Athena says:

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joshuadelaughter says:

WOW. Great Concept. hehe

(seen from POTN self portrait Thread)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Wendilove says:

Fantastic :) Love this
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

WCCG Photography says:

This is a great shot... ESPECIALLY if it's not photoshopped.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

~Athena says:

Thank you :)

thank you too! :)

Thanks so much - the only think I changed in photoshop is to desat the background. ;)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

soutietye says:

Great shot. Very clever!
No need to clone you....the One of you has many talents!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Geoff... says:

That is very cool. Where was the real you standing? I'm inspired - I'll have to give this a go! :-)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

La Ginger says:

perfect!!!

Seen in A Drop of Diamond Water
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

outlier* says:

Wonderful shot, and you ask a good question. One of me might be MORE than the world needs!

Seen in A Drop of Diamond Water
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

airencracken says:

At first I though this shot might be mistagged or something. Wow. I bet this would look great large. Fantastic work! :D
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

~Athena says:

Thank you so much. :)

Lushpup - The real me was actually standing behind the camera. I took and printed a photo of myself and used that behind the droplets. ;o)

airencracken - I bet a lot of people won't see this one because they don't realize what it is. :( But ya know, of all my 52, this is probably the one I'd most likely print. lol
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

RussHeath says:

Cool shot, Athena! I love the idea of using a picture behind your drops for the refracted image.

As for cloning? Well, I was a genetics major in a previous life, and I think it's inevitable that human cloning is coming. However, I don't think it will be the Aldous Huxley nightmare that everyone envisions. Most likely it will start as high end infertility treatment and may broaden to other areas of medicine. Is there potential for abuse? Sure. But the technology is also the starting point for a lot of potentially wonderful medical therapies. Hopefully we're smart enough to use it wisely . . .
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

0olong says:

Woah! Freaky image. :)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Llum Endins says:

The World Through My Eyes
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

~Athena says:

Russ - woah, genetics heh? Awesome. I hope you are right that we as people can be wise enough to exercise some control because I agree that in the knowledge and the technology that will come from it, there are some immense benefits.

Oolong - lol I agree.

Llum Endins - thank you for looking and commenting.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Fiaz Tariq says:

so cute
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

* Nina * says:

very cool!!!!!!!!!!! Great imagination!!!!!!!!!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

M Ayaz says:

!!!WOW!!!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

John’s Photo Images says:

Wonderful and really very creative - nicely done
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

~Athena says:

Thank you so much! :o)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

t.t@o [signe distinctif] says:

very nice work...I can see you :o)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Ilikethenight says:

This is wonderful!

Seen in The Best Of August at
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

ataldredge says:

Fun.

Seen in The Best Of August at
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Leftess says:

This is amazing!
Cloning? Scary, but that's most likely because I'm ignorant of most of the facts. Still, so many moral implications and dilemas. Also seemingly inevitable, just like Russ said.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Lord V says:

Like it :)
Brian V.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

dommi says:

Nice macro!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Air Adam says:

Absolutely amazing image and an instant fave!
Not a fan of the idea of cloning whole people, but the use of the technology to potentially grow transplant parts which would eliminate the risk of organ rejection would be a brilliant thing, especially given the shortage of donors in the first place.

--
Seen on your photo stream. (?)
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

robert mclean images says:

Very arty, great idea. If you rotate it CCW 90 degrees it's a 9, if CW 90 degrees it's a 'G'
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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