Give zooming a chance

Ok, this is not a tribute to John Lennon. Despite my reservations about close-up shots, I thought this morning's dump would work well with closer scrutiny. So I tried to zoom in and the shot turned out better than yesterday's.

Here I zoom again

Just to make sure yesterday's zoom image wasn't a fluke shot, I tried the same strategy on this morning's dump. Turned out the zoomed version was noticeably grainier. I'll probably stick to the standard composition, unless there's a reason for a close-up.

And so I zoomed in...

Did it make any difference? Should I stick to the routine shot? For a clean dump like this, zooming in seems to work pretty well. But if it's a mess, I wonder if a close-up shot will be nauseating.

Almost hidden shit, again

Had something like this last month. In a situation like this, should I zoom in?