Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad you like the idea. I guess I'll be using the effect only on pics like 5, 6 and 7. The others are better without I think.
P.S. I just lightened up the contrast so only a few things had a bit of a dark color, and the darkened the contrast so the light colors are really light, and the dark ones really dark. I think that's why they look 'dry'.