Okay...So I just noticed the advertising

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Posted By: Ryan Christoff

Thanks for the comments. This thread has been fascinating for me. It really shows the way different people can look at the same thing and all see something different. In fact, to some, the original player images in the first ad above looked distorted and weirdly proportioned compared to the second one, but it was the images in the second one that had been altered and disproportioned. Since I knew the second images were distorted, they looked worse to me, but had I never seen the originals, I, too, might have thought they looked better.

I appreciate all the feeback given and tried to take it all into consideration when I made the following two banner ads. I think part of the problem is that I am more concerned about the quality of the images of the players than I am about the text that says "CubanBaseballCards.com" which is actually what is being advertised. I know my thinking is backwards on this, which is why I'm not in advertising.

I would love to hear which of the two ads below people like better. I promise I'll give it a rest after this. One of the two below will be the final one.

For those who are curious, the ad features the entire pitching staff of the 1923-24 Santa Clara team, the best team in the history of Cuban baseball. The images are the ones that appear on their 1923-24 Tomas Gutierrez cards. From left to right are: Pedro Dibut, Eustaquio Pedroso, Bill Holland, Jose Mendez, Rube Currie, and Dave Brown.







Thanks again for all the feedback and for putting up with my obsessive-compulsiveness.

-Ryan