@photoshoppie: I guess the grain is your watermark... It is difficult to imagine the picture without the watermark, could you try to make the watermark less disturbing? thnx! (I like it though). Also try a bit les swirls, the twirl on the right fe is not needed.
Here is a bit stylized entry http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/7584/banner2copy.png Feedback appreciated.
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