Day Thirty Three - Thirty Five Millimetre

It's only the 6th of July. I wish it could be the 6th of August already.
This photo would have been better to do on Day Thirty Five but it wouldn't have been as relevant. I got this beauty of a lens back from a friend today who's been borrowing it for the past 4 months or so. I'd kind of forgotten I even owned it and also how much I loved it. It's bokeh is so creamy.
I took this with the 35mm today which you can also see if you can't be bothered reading the rest of this and jump to the bottom of the post.

I'm still waiting on my group certificate so i can do my tax return and hopefully get a whole heap back so I can buy new light stands, umbrellas and a new lens. But for the meantime on the top photo, I used a Vivitar 285HV on 1/16th shot through two sheets of paper to camera left to diffuse the light.
Nikon D200
50mm f1.8 at f1.8
ISO 400 at 1/200th
In the background is my Sony DCR-PD150. Only SD but I still love this bad-boy and don't think I could part with it. That said i've been shooting footage in the last couple of days with the uni cameras and I'm starting to sway a little more towards HD. I think my vigilance to SD is purely born of jealousy and lack of money these days. That and my love for the PD150. I've also managed to incorporate Coopers into my photo for the second day in a row. Funny that.

I spent the morning and the better part of the afternoon at the uni catching up with my mate Mark and capturing footage Tys and I shot a couple of days ago for the uni ad competition which is due Friday. It's a good thing I have the next few days off work as it's going to be a frustrating few days getting all this edited up and ready for submission. Beh.

Okay so here's Ratty. I found him in the back hallway last week as I was making toast. My cat was making all sorts of noise out there so naturally I went to investigate. The rat was completely stiff and lying on it's back, still in crouching position. Poor thing. I'm guessing it was a victim to poisoning. Either that or old age. But either way it had no marks on it's body at all. Kitten hadn't even sunk her teeth into it. Of course now I'd found this rat I had to put him somewhere in my brother's room. All sorts of other ideas popped into my head too but I know too well in this house you reap what you sow. So i opted for Toby's room instead. Needless to say when he got home he thrived off it and put the rat out the front on the fence post that sits right next to the footpath. He's been there ever since.