In both images, I like the pose -- the slight turn of her body really makes the picture. If she were looking straight ahead, the feel would be different, more static. As it is, the different curves on both sides are very interesting in their not-the-same-ness. (I'm an English major. I should be doing better with the words, here.) Background is suitable for the work, totally unobtrusive. You've gone to some trouble, here. Model's hair, which is long enough to be distracting, is up out of the way in a not-particularly-annoying twist-with-clip. (I might ask if she could do a bun -- I like the way they look -- but the twist-with-clip isn't a bad choice, either.) Your lighting is pretty good on both images and you've gotten a nice, luminous quality of skin, which is something I always appreciate in figure studies.
In particular, the left image seems... kind of blurry on the right hand side of your model, right along the ribcage-hip line, like it fuzzed or something. I thought it was some kind of resolution issue, but I clicked up the image size and still it did that fuzz thing, so not sure. Given that this is B&W, the light and the lines are what I'm looking at. Fuzz is not so good under those circumstances.
I liked the image on the right better. It looks like a sharper, cleaner image. I like how the spine is lit, you can see the shadows and whatnot on it, very nice. The only issue I have with the right-hand side image is that her... above-the-butt hip area looks washed out. The tone there is lighter than the rest on her back, as if that was where the light hit or something? I'd like that evened out more, if possible.
I wish I had more clue to offer you more useful comments. Both images are appealing, though the right more than the left to my eye, mostly because of the sharpness issue along the model's right hand side.
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