Thanks you guys. In the flower one, I used the CFX Center Lightening option, but everything else was via the Lightroom sliders - the hightlight tones, dark tones and shadow, tones, added contrast, some brightness, desaturated a bit and added clarity. Oh yes, and I set the curve to Medium Contrast.
For froggy and friend, I did try the CFX Bleach Bypass, but first I used CFX Pro Contrast...then with the Bleach Bypass (my first time using it), added some vibrancy, played around with the curve tones again, took the clarity down a notch or two and then added back saturation. Curve is set to Medium Contrast, again. Of course on both I did sharpen and have the upload for Flickr set to sharpen for screen, in addition.
I'm starting to feel more at home with the camera.