Just a fraction of his talent and I'll be one happy chap.
You and me both! I don't think the man knows how to take a bad picture! When I last saw him I told him to come back to PFM but I don't think he will sadly
I remember watching a tv programme some years ago a Lakeland photo-walk with Derry Brabbs. In the first few mins of the programme, he explained the kit he used (this was pre-digital) and stated that a wide-angle lens wasn't necessarily his first choice. In fact he was a big fan of a portrait f/l and produced an SLR with 100mm lens - could well have been the 105 as I'm sure he was shooting Nikon at the time.
I've not seen that, but I agree with him. Give me a 70-200 over a 14-24 any day of the week. Since selling my Tamron 17-35, I know that I 'should' get another ultrawide of some description, but I just can't see me using it very much. I still have the 105/2.5 and it's definitely one of those lenses that'll have to be pried from my cold, dead hands.
Lefty