how keep slide2unlock type format as theme?

[timothydonohue]

so, actually, out of everything i've seen thus far, the clean look of a picture i put as background for slide2unlock, with the clock above it, is the best looking 'theme' i've seen (imho, nothing against the iphone themes, et al, as i have grumps iphone theme on as well). however, i like my image. problem is that the htc home theme, while having a great clock, seems to have a translucent layer which bleaches my entire image. does anyone know how i can either reduce that, or just keep the nice clean look i get during the slide2unlock screen? i like the images i have, but the bleaching makes them awful...