We like this concept and the look is very professional, for this particular pen the wood "pen stand" isn't too bad as far as: clashing with or distracting from the "wood" in the pen. Here are a couple of issues though: unless you know there are strips of aluminum in the blank and that it is segmented it is almost completely washed out in this setting; unless you have multiple pieces of wood that will allow you to change the coloring you are inevitably going to drastically detract from the beauty of a wooden pen by placing it on a piece of wood that is either prettier, more interesting or contrasts with the pen in some negative way - it may just blend to well with the wood you have chosen for that particular pen; it is also somewhat difficult to see the pen's band with it on the wood, the viewer is forced (with the strips as mentioned at the top and if wanting to see the band detail as it is in whole on the pen) to look at your magnification or go to a larger view to see the pen in its totality. Personally, I don't like to have a customer "HAVE" to enlarge a pen photo unless they want to. While I realize that isn't always possible, it is something that I at least "shoot for."
As for your second question "would you buy this pen based on "THIS" picture, (Linda speaking now) I honestly probably wouldn't give this photo a second glance (sorry, trying to be as honest and helpful as possible if you are going to do a whole site!) The reason I say that is - nothing really stands out to me on THIS photo - I can't see the segmenting in the body of the pen and the detail of the rest of the pen is rather washed out so doesn't grab me. I would really like to see MORE of the pen, less of the background if you are going to get my attention when I am shopping to make a "purchase."
Mike & Linda