S5 IS, ISO and Noise reduction

[zoodany]

Hi everybody,
I shoot this pic at a theater show with my S5 IS (this is a 800x600 reduced version) [ISO 400, 1/100, F3,5]:

http://www.zoodany.it/IMG_4971red.jpg

then I tried to reduce noise using NeatImage, this is the result:

http://www.zoodany.it/IMG_4971NRred.jpg

Here you can find 100% crops of the above images:

http://www.zoodany.it/IMG_4971crop.jpg

http://www.zoodany.it/IMG_4971NRcrop.jpg

Did I apply too much noise reduction in your opinion?

Thanks..

PS: sorry for my english, I'm italian and i don't speak it very well..

[dispatchermike21]

I think the full frame shot looks fine your never going to get a close crop out of this photo IMHO, nivce shot I like it.

[moemoe6434]

There was no noise to begin with.... why did you use the reduction? Are you going to use the 100% crop? If not, who cares?

[jmintz]

The amount of noise visible will vary from monitor to monitor; I definitely see noise on mine, but it's not too terrible.

That said, to answer your question, I think the amount of reduction is not overdone when viewing the uncropped version.

[René Damkot]

Not too much noise, okay image, but a stop or so underexposed.