Fantasy Bob Wedding Photographer

Is this page good enough to put in a portfolio (try 2)? Hi quite a while ago I put on a site to be reviewed on this forum entitled "Is this page good enough to put in a portfolio" and the answer I received at that time was a flat no. I have endeavored to create a new site which is good enough to be put in a portfolio on the same theme. My theme is a fantasy photographer I made up using royalty-free creative Commons pictures of weddings. I have the site in two slightly different versions. Version 1 has an hourglass indication that the slideshow has turned on and will shortly commence with images changing and the other does the same thing without this hourglass indication. Please tell me what you think of these sites and whether or not they are good enough to be put into a portfolio. Links below. Fantasy Bob wedding photographer hourglass version Fantasy Bob wedding photographer without the hourglass

Yes I think it's good enough to put up in a portfolio... and I prefer the one with the hourglass....

I like both and would definately see them in a portfolio, no doubt about that!

i can't tell the difference, call me stupid if you want but i really can't! lol.
All that puts me off of the site is the way it says "I LOVE WEDDINGS". It just seems completely random to me, and also slightly unprofessional... but apart from that, 'tis grand!

Yeah, I don't see the difference either...

I think it's fine...nothing great...but fine. I don't know anything about the code but from a graphic designers point of view it could be improved. I think adding some color would add more visual interest instead of just the black and grey. I like the thumbnail page. Once you click on at thumbnail and you're given options of how to scroll through the images the buttons at the top of the page are rather Cheesy. I think you could spend some additional time coming up with some cleaner more visually interesting buttons for the navigation.

its nice, different and all that jazz, but you might wannat take a look at the speed check and see what you can do about some of that. I know theres alot of images but you can still make it all good. Otherwise i like it.

Thumbs up!

I would have the site's width fixed and consistent. Also the menu should stay consistent.