Table of Contents: 1st Draft

I drafted two table of contents designs, and these were the two:

The first one is most likely the one I will choose, they are both very similar, just different photo choices. However, I am most likely choosing the first one because I used the second photo for my cover. So I wanted to change it up, and not use the same photos over and over. I used photoshop to create both of these.

My table of contents challenges typical table of contents in the animal genre. They are usually more solid backgrounded, without a photo in the background. Mine is unique, and I have not seen it done often, with animal magazines.