Small Hen and Chick Succlent - Macro Center

Today I went to the Yanceyville Farmer's Curb Market.  One of the vendors was selling small succulent plants. I have always liked the texture or structure of the leaves of this "Hen & Chick"** plant.  I chose a cultivar with pink tones to the outer leaves.  The vendor said it will grow rapidly if I plant in a bigger pot with sandy soil.  I only wanted to capture the center.  Used square mode in Native Camera app with HDR.  Minimal editing in PSE 11.  Right image I decided to try for an altered image with the posterize filter which is my of my favorites.  I am sure I will be taking more images as this plant grows.  It is supposed to winter over.  However, succulents are great container plants.  It could be brought inside to enjoy in the winter.  
**See link for more info:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hen_and_chicks

Cacti Close Up with Backlighting - P.J. Ciener Botanical Garden, Kernersville, NC

Was at P.J. Ciener Botanical Garden in Kernersville, NC, last Sat. to help with vendor booth for Herb Society of America.- NC.Unit.  I took a few images with the iPhone about 9:30 a.m.  They have several different succulents throughout the garden.  I always liked this one with the spikes and when I can get light shining from the back.  When you are in a public garden, you can not always remove debris or watering hoses, etc.  I liked that the shadows showed leading lines.  I do not have the app "Touch-Retouch" which is supposed to remove unwanted objects.  I am sure the image would have been better with a designated macro lens.  I did use Camera+ HDR mode. Post processing used PSE 11. I cropped, increased shadows, sharpened and decreased blue which gave a more yellow glow to the image.  The needles of the cacti would have been sharper had I used a tripod.

Small Sedum @ Tanger Bicentennial Garden - Texture

When I was at the Tanger Bicentennial Garden a week ago, I took an image of this small sedum.  These plants are not very big.  I did not have my Ollie Clip 4 in one macro lens with me which may have been interesting to use.  There is a lot of texture and design here.  Believe it or not, I did not do any post editing.  This is the way the camera saw it. This may be the first image that I did no editing when I posted to the blog. Now, Scott Kelby believes that every image needs sharpening.  This may be an interesting shot after it has rained.   I don't think Greensboro is going to get any more snow now.  Will see if we get snow by Dec. 3lst when this challenge ends.   .