The in-focuse part of first picture looks like a leaf, and the trichomes on teh calyx are all blurry... looking at wrong trichomes.
shit or get off the pot. Don't fret too much. You have to learn by doing to figure out what you prefer no matter what.
If you want to accelerate the learning curve, take some buds off at different points and keep them organized/labeled by how much amber you see on them and order in which they were chopped off the plant etc... If you do this, i'd select buds of equivalent apical dominance. Don't compare some larf to a top cola. You can still take the bulk when you 'think' you should, but take some off early and let some continue to ripen.