Hey folks! Thanks for taking the time to provide some feedback. I cranked up Photoshop and started trying some things... tell me what you think of this:

STAIRS_TEST_04.jpg

On the stairs going up (the top set of stairs) I removed the gradient and eased off the fade to black some. Does this look better? Is it easier to tell which ones are going "UP" and which ones are going "DOWN" now?

Thanks!