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Greetings Joseph,
Difficult to get the right balance sometimes and although I think you may be heading in the right direction, I find that my eyes tend to wander rapidly all over the layout. It is hard for me to start at a starting point. It could be the dark background color, or the layout itself (or both). I think less is more in this case. The "Lightbox" should stand by itself. The main photo window on the left should be more prominent and tone down the gradient, it is really rather distracting.
I realize that much work went into this so apologies for the critical poop thrown your way. But just adding my cents here. Good luck to you, this is a cool concept you have on your plate.
D.
