I too like the second one, the first one is too glary (very unprofessional discription I know but that was the thought). At first I agreed with more vivid colour but then I looked again and the muted colour sort of grew on me (pardon the pun). It looks more 'aged' as if it has been fading with the other B/W colours but not quite gone yet. Now go to the freebies section and get yourself some antiseptic and band-aids my friend before a R'osity 3d dracula comes for a drink! Oh I like the background too. fills in the space without distracting from the shot.