The first image looks cleaner and more pure, and more steadily focused on the subject; I would always choose that one. The composition is fine; I'd prefer that the little branch didn't go out of the frame at the bottom though...

We do not see things as they are. ǝɹɐ ǝʍ sɐ sƃuıɥʇ ǝǝs ǝʍ