John,
Looks at lot better and balanced within your top image layout. Good job.
You may want to adjust your gallery presentation a bit to move them up and rid yourself of the dead space at the top.
Try Step 4 --> Customize --> Banner --> Display --> Above Banner Spacing --> Hide
Save it as a new theme and then apply it to all your galleries.
Cowboy
If it ain't broke... fix it until it is!
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