My '69 RS/SS website

[tahoe_185]

As a new member, I'd like to get your thoughts on the website I created for my father's '69 Camaro RS/SS. It's not necessarily "artwork" per se, but i built the site from the ground-up: photography, photoshop work and coding (Dreamweaver actually). The only thing that isn't mine is the sound (it's actually a '57 Chevy wav file I swiped from some freebie site). There's not much to it right now as it's a work-in-progress started in '06. Here's the link...

http://home.comcast.net/~rickh20136/

[waynieZ]

The site looks good, welcome to thesite you'll love it here.

[city_ofthe_south]

yeah the site does look good. Looks like it does a nice job of including everything and shows off the car real well.

[SRD Art]

I like it a lot, and yes it is art because you're designing. Nice layout, fantastic photos, I like the reflection, the motor blurb is great, and I love the stereo sound. Over all I think it's great.

Couple things I might like to see. The thumbnails took a long time to load initially. Are you using low res jpegs for those? Look closely at the perspective of the top flag photo. Looks like the wheels on the right side of the car are off the ground. Is it possible to move the horizon up a bit? I also wonder if the horizon had a slight feather (blur) on it if it would be a little softer to look at. The hard edge makes a bit of an eye catcher and holds almost as much visual weight as the car itself, especially underneath the middle of the car where the white and black are together. Strong contrast always pulls the eye towards it. You want the car as the focal point and the rest to be subtle supporters of the car.

You might consider the cropping of the grille on the bottom a little more. The angle of the photo is not lined up with the horizontal shape, and it maybe doesn't look as professional as the rest of your photos. It's also off center and cropped more on the left. I don't like the gray bar attached to the photo the way it is, it takes attention away from the photo, maybe have one or the other? You've put tons of time into the rest of the page, make sure the last thing people see has the same level of quality and seals the deal with a bang.

Not trying to be overly critical, just sharing some thoughts to keep you thinking.

[tahoe_185]

Thanks for the feedback! I certainly appreciate it.