Or is this the best it's going to get? I've attempted using script.aculo.us but the fade in and animation of the first image still is choppy. I've tested in Google Chrome, Safari, and the iPad 1 (veryyy choppy on the iPad 1). The other elements fade in alright but the first image fadeTo and animate is pretty unacceptable. Perhaps it's because the divs it moves over are just hidden?
Here's a jsFiddle I've made http://jsfiddle.net/RgkFc/
and here's the page http://www.dillon.me/sites/benproudfoot/v1/
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!