This beautiful angel is at a cemetery near my house. I got up early to make use of the morning light. I think that it paid off. I like the aurora around her, it adds to the mood of the image. As far as editing goes, I resized; adjusted the lighting and color; and added my layer of grain.
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For me, I wonder if this would be stronger as a black and white photo. Also, image grain kind of gives photos a gritty, moody kind of look whereas your subject is smiling.
I like what the grain does to this shot. It seems a bit flat though. Hmmm - I wonder if maybe you pulled away just a bit to have some more negative space around her. I do like the detail of the smiling and the hand though.