Improve readability of text over cover image

[Jameskmonger]

Something like this?:

[jamesryan-dev]

added text shadow - what do we think? Not really a fan of boxes with backgrounds over a hero image.. could add an overlay on the image?

[jamesryan-dev]

added 0.9 opacity overlay..

[crgeary]

My original suggestion would have been an overlay, but if you just go down the text shadow route, how's this (bottom one... top one is current site):

This uses multiple text-shadows, 1 solid one to bring it off the page, then another to make the background a little darker around the text.. Hard to tell, but I think it makes a difference.

My overlay suggestion would have been this:

[SiAdcock]

I really love both of those suggestions @chrisgeary92. The shadow / text background makes the text pop off the page. The transparent overlay draws your eye to the title while preserving the beautiful background.

I think a combination of the two could work well, also.