Getting grain on photos

[bunkieboy]

I have Lightroom 5. I've been doing test shots with my Canon Rebel T5i. I've been shooting with flash in poorly lit areas using the Auto setting. When I shoot a horizontal shot, download it to LR and then examine the photo on full screen using the F button to enlarge it, I have no problem. This is with a flash aimed at the ceiling using an index card as a bouncer. But when I shoot vertical shots, with my flash twisted to the side position and aimed at the ceiling,  when I examine the photo on full screen using the F button, here's what happens: the picture looks fine while the "loading" sign is on. But when the loading sign goes off, the picture becomes grainy and almost pigmented like a painting. Can someone tell me what is going on?

Also, could someone tell me if there is a way in LR to view the shooting information (f stop, aperture speed) on any given picture.

Thank you,

Al Marotta

[JP Hess]

Without seeing an image and in knowing more about it, it would be difficult to diagnose. It could possibly relate to a high ISO setting causing unwanted noise, but that would be difficult to know.

If you go to the library module and look under the metadata section in the right-hand panel, part of the information provided there is what I think you are looking for.

In the Develop module, you may also set your Develop View Options (Ctrl/J) to display some of that information.