Manipulated Blossoms in Lightroom

Do you get Light Stalking? If not it is an email that comes in with links to all sorts of things for photography, including free ebooks and lessons, etc. Today there was an interesting article that suggested playing with the sliders in Lightroom to bring out some artistic flair. So I tried one of the suggestions with this ordinary flowering tree branch. I pushed the contrast button all the way up, the clarity button all the way down, then adjusted the orange, yellow and magenta colors to really stand out. This is not for everyone, but I rather liked it! What do you think?

Before:

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/sciW​WG

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/HK3S​LE

Would be curious to see the before shot.

I also wanted to see the before. But since none was posted, and the treatment was simple, I tried it myself on one of my pics.

Before

Original added!

Thanks. I like the look. Not to bad at all!