Playing With My Photos - Black-necked Stilt

I tend to like putting a background image behind another image I've taken, this can be done with wildlife or any other subject.  It's oftentimes a trial and error approach as sometimes a specific background just won't work with the intended image subject. I took this shot of a Black-necked Stilt at Merced Wildlife Refuge and I like the image with the background more than the image without it.  Sometimes, though, people think that wildlife images should not be altered in any way, but of course that thought is wrong as what happens to an image is the brainchild of the photographer and there is no right and wrong in art.  The first image is with the background and the image below that one is the original image. I think the textured background adds interest.