Can't choose

I can't choose The same fly, the same twig, only a few inches shifted position and totally different light. I need your help

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#1 gets my vote

Both nice, like the warm colours in #2 though.

The background in one could be thought of as more pleasing, the subject is sharp but in flat light.

The exposure of the subject in two is more interesting with lights and darks attracting the eye. But the focus is softer...

Difficult choice unless you feel that light usually wins out against dark.

The irony dark is beating light in the vote at the moment in not lost on me...