new font, no (bevel?) and do some contrast work or levels. colors too actually, saturation lower, and put in a brown look (red + green in color adjust)
heres an advice, make a copy of the first pic, paste and set to soft light/overlay or something lika that. often improves alot.
you could also take away the black in left side and make a border.
Well, i thought that people were smart enough to realize that anything in my post follows my own personal opinions and tastes. Like its even possible for it not to. Who the hells opinion did you think it was? Jesus'?