To Zoom or not to Zoom?

After tying in the whole animation together, including the final added scenes, I wondered whether to incorporate a zoom at the beginning, since I decided to leave it out in the float scene. Here are both options:

 

Print to Pixel Animation from Grace Mayer on Vimeo.

I think I much prefer the animation with the zoom at the beginning, it gives it more detail and builds up the beginning nicely rather than just going straight into the first scene.