Tony, which version do you like best? the original version or the latest version? Or to phrase it differently, if you were thinking of entering a competition, which image of the two would you submit?
Imaging is a bit personal so what ever you like the best...I have noticed some like to push the image to get all the really faint stuff and destroy the best part of the image doing so...thats my opinion.
But if I had to choose I would pick the second image but their's not much in it.