Over tweaked? (1 Viewer)

Here are two images I took today. the originals are horribly dark and I had to tweak them up ALOT (Itwas quite dark today and I was too lazy this morning to haul out the triposd so I had to go with a faster shutter to handhold) I believe they are both about 125 shutter and f6.7 300mm lense. Anyway, I was wondering if you all think these are usable for a project (I am having small note cards made for family christmas presents this year and I KIND of liek how these came out though there is a bit of noise and the images look a bit grainy after the tweaking I did) Just looking for opinion as far as that goes, I know they are definately NOT stellar pics (I happen to LOVE woodpeckers but they have been a thorn in my side as far as getting a picture i am happy with)

tizzie,I would say that the 2cnd image does look sharper and less "grain " than the 1st one.

I just downloaded that "neatimage' maybe it can help with the first one. I may have better images of the downy that I can use hmmmm the red bellied is tougher as he is not around as much (though he has taken to invading the squirrel feeder)