city Options

[Smarmosaur]

obviously inspired by my love of the city.
all three photos are in new york city. credit to Scott Murphy and Patrick Batchelder
I originally wanted it to be a smallish header for a layout, but sort of turned out as a big one. I spruced up the text (it took me three hours to get simulate pressure to work) by adding the city skyline to the c in city, and adding the glowy lines. originally, only the blue one was there and I thought it wasn't enough. then I added the red one and now it feels like too much.
anyways. opinions/suggestions?

thumbed.

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number twooo:

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[brooklyneast05]

overall i like it.

i think in some ways it seems like two separate things, the pictures and the background. i think that's due to the blue in the two side pics. the blue in those doesn't really work with the background as well. the picture in the middle though seems to have colors in it that work a lot better with the background. obviously finding pics that mimic those colors isn't easy, but if they did i think it would all flow better as one piece.

like i said though, it's nice for the most part.