Milkweed Propellor - Excessive Sharpen for Texture Effect

Love walking in my neighborhood to look for images. Was out and about at noon and saw this milkweed propellor.  Not always the best time for taking photos due to excessive highlights. It was windy.  Pushed the sharpen to about 400 to get a texture effect.  Reminds we of a dancer twirling around.  Taken with Camera+ macro. Edited in PSE 11.

Milkweed Pod Opened - Winter

Another image from the Legacy garden in winter.  I liked the lighting on this milkweed pod that had burst open.  Did some minor editing in PSE 11.  Sharpening and changing the color to decrease some of the blue hue.  I think it is time to put on my macro 4 in 1 ollie clip lens. I got a new app that has a lot of filters and will let you put a black background around the flower.   It is called Exposure.  Tomorrow will probably post a yucca foliage with altered art rendition too.   Will remind you of the 60s.