Mark,
The only noise reduction was via the Dale S2 presets for 1250.
Had I wanted to use that shot, I might have played with it a bit more, but I liked what the preset did this time.
Regarding hand holding, I thought I didn’t have much more movement than the friend’s shot at 1/400th, so thanks for the compliment. I did one shot at 1/25th instead of 1/60 and you can see plenty of camera movement then. Photo attached. That overexposure allowed me to use the preset as suggested, but 1/25 was too slow.
Hand holding would have been better with something to brace against. Frankly, I was shooting others locations earlier some with my battery powered studio strobes at 160.
The photographer friend is a professional wedding photographer and he prefers reflectors which is fine if you have an assistant. In this informal shoot for fun, we were each other’s assistant. He was moving around pretty fast after we got our initial shots.