Last minute change of entries, going from one that I loved that had actual grain due to high ISO and major levels adjustment to this one that I also love for different reasons. The grain was added in post-processing. Compositionally, this one is much better than the other. The other had major cute factor to it.... blah blah blah
Don't know if I'll be kicking myself for pulling real and using artificial ..... but I'm sick of flip flopping so here it is.
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She's beautiful. I like her pose and your color treatment. Just enough grain without going overboard. I don't think the tilted perspective quite works here, or maybe it's just too tilted.
This is really quite a lovely portrait of a pretty girl. I like the different angle, and it looks likes she's daydreaming. Had there been more grain (or noise) I would have scored this higher. Definitely a picture to be proud of.
This is a nice image and for another challenge it may be ok. But I just don't see image grain in this image. Her face is absolutely clear. Her arm appears a bit grainy, but nothing else does.