Hi hotside,
Thank you for the amendments and for your patience.
We prefer the less flare like background, with the emphasis on spheres reflective qualities (#160).
I have place a file at:
http://webholism.com/images/wh_logo.jpg which is a screenshot of your image (#160). On this image you will see 2 boxes, labelled 1 and 2.
Box 1 shows the lower part of the sphere, with a darker section and glow from 2 separate light sources (one from above and one from below). Is it possible to have the lighter section originating at the top of the green section and the gradient showing it getting darker as it goes down?
Box 2 shows the top of the font, which has also been affected by a lens flare effect or something similar. This causes the font to become indistinct at the top and lose sharpness. Would it be possible to lose the flare and just put in a smooth gradient to the font colour so that it goes from a lighter shade at the top to a darker shade at the bottom?
That would be great.
You are amazing.
Kind regards.