For the most part, I simply cropped, then saturated the color by 20% in adobe for the end result. The second picture (Flamingo Card) I did a mirror image, played with the contrast, hue and saturation... turned it into a sketch, and then played with the contrast, hue and saturation a final time. The third (Flamingo Nights) I played with the color/contrast and added a neon effect.

Basic information below copied and pasted to each photography piece in my EBSQ portfolio:

Digital photography is merely a hobby for me at this point, and this would be apparent to any professional photographer who got a gander at my camera. As a hobbyist, I'm learning on a Fuji Finepix S6000fd. I wanted something better than a standard point-and-shoot of course, and this one gives me some pretty solid manual controls to practice with. The picture stabilization sucks according to the pro's reviews, so I can blame some of my photos on this setback. I like the face detection and 28-300mm zoom. It earned great reviews for the price range, but at $600 it's a far cry from the $4,000+ Nikon D3 Santa refuses to bring me. That's okay, I haven't learned enough about digital photography to be requesting a $4,000 camera. Yet.