Downloaded, but forgot to upload

I had my usual dump yesterday morning, but forgot to upload the photo as I had too many things on my mind. So I decided to upload the forgotten photo together with today's shot. The difference between the two photos, apart from the volume and condition of the subject matter, was that one was a standard shot while the other was a close-up shot.

Yesterday's shot (standard, harder stuff):


Today's shot (close-up, softer & smoother):

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.