11-16-2017
I played a little with the second image. The sharpening effect is due to the nature of the subject, sharp lens and small contrasty detail. I even tried turning off all raw sharpening in LR and it had little effect. The new version has altered color balance: blacks were neutralized (were quite blue), color temp reduced, contrast reduced, and saturation reduced. I don't know if it is any better.
Larry