Christian,
I agree with you about the gradient. It seems a bit much! I made it longer and toned it down a bit, before posting it to my website. When I first created the gradient, the idea was to keep it subtle, but I got carried away!
Andrew,
I do like the idea of working with the gradient in layers. Unfortunately, I am limited by LR and I don't have PS. I am tempted to try it out on a friend's computer!