You know, I really like the second image. Digital photographers have gotten so uptight about noise. But it can be nice, when used artistically. This image reminds me of some stuff I shot a long time ago. I worked in an E6 (slide film) lab in the early 90s and played a lot with pushing and pulling slide film. One of my favorite things to do was shoot Agfachrome 1000 and push it two stops. It would get really, really chunky and the colors would be very pastel-like. It had a soft, dreamy, almost pointilist feel. Unfortunately, I lost those slides. Anyway, noise/grain isn't all bad. And your second photo looks nice with some noise.