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Some of the differences I noticed 

1. The knife on the mantel piece has moved to the right (towards Mrs. Hudson’s left side) We could say that it was done for the picture and that alone. She would have been blocking it but nothing else seems to have been moved. Like Billy the skull. Mary is covering that completely. She has replaced him, so to speak. She is death now. What could the knife mean? If they moved it purposefully it’s because they wanted it to be in the shot for a reason.

2. Their chairs have been brought in closer together. YES!! Sherlock’s chair is facing the camera more, facing us. But John’s remains the same. His legs are facing Sherlock. You could say he is facing what he’s attracted to, what is interesting to him. His position reflects his future. This is backed up by the fact that we cannot see that ham the baby’s face. The baby doesn’t matter here.

3. On the bottom left corner behind John’s chair where there seems to be a tv, there is a couple of things missing. Or it could be a completely different stand/center. Could it be the water that’s covering some of it in the bottom picture?

Thoughts?

Thanks thesetison for the HQ pix

And one more thing that caught my eye just now:
They’re both wearing the same clothes. So this is obviously from the same photo shoot but if they kept their clothes it’s because they’re inferring its the same day/ep. In the first shot, they’re sitting there with all these other people in 221b, even the ham. Then when it gets tough (water rushing in) they’re all gone except John and Sherlock.

Great observations! I’ll add a bit:

Mycroft is there but his umbrella isn’t (or at least, it’s not visible), then in the next shot his umbrella is left where he’s standing. That, combined with the way he’s looking at Sherlock, makes me think of the “look after him” scene with John. (The “when I’m gone” being unsaid.)

Molly is the only one turning away. Ack. Position/body language analysis isn’t my thing but I’d guess she has a secret/is hiding something…

Dressing gown, no dressing gown. As @consulting-goldfish put it, “the coat is Sherlock’s protection, his shell from emotions and the outside world.
his dressing gown isn’t something you’d go outside with, it’s thin fabric, it’s his private life. It’s vulnerability…”

And since someone pointed out that first pic screams Cluedo, which means “one of these people is a killer and another is the victim”…