I own both the lens you are considering and I love them both. The 70-200 f/2.8 L IS USM is extremely versatile and the image stabilization does help a lot. You look like you are well covered in the wide angle / open aperature arena, so I'd opt for the telephoto.


I love my70-200 so much that I use it for a lot of portrait shoots and even use it for the low light ceremony pictures at weddings.


Right now, my only issue is that my daughter shoots for the school paper and disappears with the 70-200 every chance she gets. I'm trying not to end up with two of them!