What do you folks think of this design? Constructive criticism is welcome. www.zycodia.com/images/zycodia7.4.png
The font could be a touch darker, it would make it easier to read. Is anything going to be placed at the bottom? There is a lot of empty space.
Looks nice and clean. A couple of suggestions... The newest version, the grass image on top doesn't really make much sense. What if it was just a solid green bar/box that ran across the entire width at top... Also, I think that if you move the drop shadows on the images like 5 pixels to the left, the effect will be more believable.
i agree with mmmdesign... the grass at the top doesn't look right, maybe change to a light faded sky? r again as mmmdesign says a small green solid line at the top (5 - 10px?) as for the footer, have you though about continuing your grass effect & adding links etc or is the design as it will be laid out?
Overall, I really like this. Very clean and pleasing. I'm in the minority I guess as I like the header with the birds as well as the understated type color. It's just different. My only suggestion might be tweaking the drop shadows a bit behind the photos. They seem to stick out to me in a bad way. I can appreciate you trying something different there too, but for me it's just not working. Nice work.
First one is hundred times better and I love the simplicity of it. I don't think it needs more color at all.
I kind of like the simplicity of the newest one but it think the large image should be a bit more vibrant... you don't want it to look like you are going to lead your clients down a gloomy and faded road...
The last one (zycodia10.png) is nice, but I still think the very first layout you posted is the nicest of all. Something to be said about your first instinctual response usually being the best.