You asked for:
1: which pic do you like best?
nw35_40
2: why?
it looks sharper than the other one
3: does it make a lot of a difference to you? (one is a lot more work than the other)
both have a green color cast, so it's no difference
I have this magazine, so I did some scans (200 dpi) to compare to:
Look at her eyes and compare their color.
Look at the clothes and the furniture, you can clearly see the green color cast, and that your pics are a liitle bit unsharp.
Tuffy