A girl and her ball

Our Border Collie is Obsessive Compulsive when it comes to her toys, this ball is her favorite it goes every where with her. She knows the name of over 20 toys plus agility and obedience commands she is truly amazing. I was trying to get a good pic to frame this is one of my fav. But it came out way underexposed and grainy. I tried fixing it. I don’t have the post processing process down yet- but what do you think. What else can I do to fix it?

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haha nicepicture, my grandparents dog is the same, kinda scary when he gets a new toy, if you come near him he growls...

Have you tried b/w. sometimes they look good w/o color

Is there no way you could get another pic of her? Without the grain?

Because when I look at this I keep looking at the light patch of yellow grass in the bottom left =D