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!
If you have never seen Our USMC Silent Drill Team, you need to watch it here in a one of my Shozam galleries: http://www.ohiowebs.net/usmc