Trees and Branches in Graphic Pen filter

Looking past the trees and branches in the foreground of the image, I was really interested in the scene that lay in the background... more branches and trees in the snow. Does the image look better in the HDR color version or the black and white graphic pen filtered version? Since I focused on the scene in the background, the close-up branches are somewhat blurred and out-of-focus, and this is especially noticeable in the color image. In the black and white graphic pen version, the foreground branches are not as noticeably out-of-focus, but the filter seems to have had trouble picking up some of the trees in the background. Personally, I think I'd go for the top image, the color HDR. Thanks for stopping by!