I sent Matt a PM on this.. it gets removed when you become a premium member.
I think its a stupid idea to have it all over the images, it would be better placed between posts, banner, footer.. << THe Older Gamers forum does that... That way you still get you adds in, without blocking images.
Its not so bad on the huge images, its on the medium to small images they become a problem!.
EDIT: VRX_Petes Sig is 50% banner atm!