hm, i just checked out that gallery you posted, and how about removing the borders from the pics, and perhaps making the pics a little darker.. perhaps play with the color saturation so that the pictures isnt the main thing that catches your eye when you load the gallery..
and the of course combine this with a bright glowing color for the text links.
just a suggestion, i havnt played around with this very much myself, so i dont know if the above idea would help that much..
it might work
