Week 24 good to WOW edit Father's Day

Time to visit Ramblings and Photos to see how everyone edited their Father's Day photos.  Always fun!

I'll start with my edits of my dad and his car.  I basically straightened each one (don't know why I was shooting so crooked that day) and did a little levels, contrast, and color boosting--oh wait, that meant I ran Ashley's Nice and Easy.  For these I once again used Daily Window's Mouse Over Effect.

I also added the license plate from the front of the car instead of just whiting out the state one and a little blur to the bumper to smooth it out a little.

I kept the clean edit for my dad, but then I played a little.  I added Kim Klassen's Granny's Cupboard texture, mostly erased off of the car, and then ran PW '70's action.  Seems to me that an old car like this deserved an old photo feel.

For the pictures of my husband and the kids, I also ran Ashley's Nice and Easy and gave them a square crop.  I liked them fine, no more--no less than before.  I tried many actions and different things, but nothing really stood out (PW colorized version being the best of the lot).  Then I just decided to go Black and White.  With all of the colors of the clothes mixed together, it really did turn out to be the best option.  Here are the originals.

I used PW Black and White Beauty.  It is my very favorite BW conversion that I have so far.  I also added a light vignette.  I'm actually quite pleased with the result.

I tried out my new Pure Actions Summer Black and White action.  I like the warmer tone it adds, though not necessarily on this image, and have used it on a few other photos that I'll be posting this week.  I also added a vignette customized by the tutorial we had a few weeks ago to just encircle Oak and Sunflower.  I think I like straight black and white a little better most of the time, but it is fun to have options.

So those are my edits--pretty much as short as I get.  Plenty of time to hop on over to Ashley's blog to check out everyone else's.