Editing photos

I have looked on many different editing sites and pieces of editing software and familiarized myself with them to the best of my ability. I have then taken a photo off of Google, and edited it, to have a look at what I can do with my own photos when I create my front cover. Below is the original image, along with the edited image afterwards.

In this image, I have softened the background and the image as a whole. I have also added a brick wall overlay, and used the history brush to make it seem that the band members are in front of the wall. This just seems more of a grungy kind of look in my opinion.  Also, the change of colours has made a slight difference, and I've added a ghosty, 3D effect to the middle band member. 

Whilst editing this image, I have added a filter, and also some 'default' overlays and images that blend into the original image, to create a different colour scheme overall. I have also changed it so that everything looks a little blurred, and slightly unrealistic, as that is the overall look I am really going for.

In this image, I have changed the hue, to make the background items seem orange, rather than green. I have then added some filters and used history brush, to make the band member seem more blue, rather than grayscale. I then added more filters, each time using the history brush over the band member, to make the background look completely different in comparison. I also edited out the guitar lead.