I did not use any noise removal software. I just used Photoshop to practise "beauty retouching". Maybe the portrait would be better as such without it but that was not the point.
While I agree that compositionally this is a very good image, and in terms of lighting it's very well controlled, I'd disagree on the use of noise removal software here. I do think it's excessive, and I'd agree that there is a fakeness, to the skin tones. I'd bet the portrait would be more effective without the plastic feel.
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