Is This Too Much Image Noise?

[Hof8231]

Hey all, I work for the Trenton Freedom, a professional football team in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) and both I and my employers have been very happy with the work I've produced so far. However, I think I was putting too much emphasis on noise reduction (I use Topaz DeNoise 5) and it was making my photos appear soft/blurry. This past game (last night) I shot as usual but in post processing I did a lot less noise reduction. I personally am much happier with the results, as my shots show much more detail, but is there too much noise in these images? I can't seem to find a happy medium, or else I just can't realize it when I do find it. Any input is greatly appreciated!

BD1B3966 by SteveH8231, on Flickr

BD1B4174 by SteveH8231, on Flickr

BD1B4009 by SteveH8231, on Flickr

 

[Derrel]

Too much noise! Hell no! They are fine.

 

[thereyoflite]

It seems to me that there is minimal noise in the darker parts of the pictures. I wouldn't have noticed if I wasn't looking for it

 

[Hof8231]

Too much noise! Hell no! They are fine.

It seems to me that there is minimal noise in the darker parts of the pictures. I wouldn't have noticed if I wasn't looking for it

I appreciate the input. Looking back on it, it probably looks as if I was fishing for compliments or validating reassurance, but I promise that's not the case. I just honestly am not good at deciding how much "noise" is acceptable. I'm one of those people who usually always zooms into 100% and if I can see ANY noise, I think I need to fix it. I really need to work on that because the more noise reduction I do, the more detail I lose.

 

[annamaria]

Looks fine to me.