Lærke on the stairs (Patreon)

When I'm out hiking, I always look for locations. I found this staircase is in a museum park open to the public, but the place is usually teeming with people. Not at 6 am though (only a few joggers are around by then.) 

The stairwell is going up somewhere, which means there is a slightly busy background. 

I was using a shallow depth of field (in this case, a 50mm f. 1.4 keeps the background nicely out of focus and adds a slightly dreamy look to the scene.

Do you prefer the first or the second image?