I don’t mind grain, but is it really supposed to be as grainy as it is in some shots? I ask this because Mike Verta’s version of this shot doesn’t look nearly as grainy: https://vimeo.com/120218626
Either way, thanks so much to Team Negative 1 for all your hard work.
My guess would be that yes it is, for this print. Is Mike Verta’s print a LPP print? If not then you’re not comparing like for like. From what I gather LPP prints tend to be more grainy compared to standard Kodak Eastman film stock although I could be wrong.