Textures

I'm constantly trying to learn new things to keep my photography creative and fresh. Sometimes I read books or magazines or go to workshops. Today I'm experimenting with some textures. These are a couple of photos from this past weekend. I'm posting the standard photoshop version along with the textured versions for comparison. The first photo is way more obvious. I think it's a pretty picture to begin with, but I tried to add some mood by suggesting rain and the fading represents the evanescent rainbow.  I'm curious as to what others think about this style. Even if you don't particularly like it, does it evoke more emotion than the standard photos or do you think I'm just screwing up a perfectly good photograph?