I need your opinions on a banner

These are for a website i'm building for practice, this will be my first website. I am really no good at photoshop but since i can't afford to pay someone who is good i have to do it myself. If soomeone is willing to make one for me for free, i can pay you back other ways, like promoting your website or something. Here are the two banners i made, please tell me the truth

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/5490/staindsourcebannerfx3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6991/staindsourcebanner2br2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I'm hoping i make this site good enough so eventually i can publish it to the net

please people?

The text is rather blurry and difficult to read. What app are you using to make these with?

The text is rather blurry and difficult to read. What app are you using to make these with?

I agree, it's hard to read. A banner is supposed to tell the visitors what the site is about clearly.

The text is rather blurry and difficult to read. What app are you using to make these with?

Photoshop cs3 extended

Make it readable, calm down on the color so it doesn't hurt against the black. What are the pictures for on there?

Make it readable, calm down on the color so it doesn't hurt against the black. What are the pictures for on there?

decoration i guess, so its not just text, thats boring lol

You might want to pick a simpler font too just because the banners are so small... a less-elaborate font will help with readability.