That's nice. Is that Noggin's owl?I actually like both borders. Depends on the picture. While the bird looks a bit better, I think you could also adjust your lighting for this. I don't like the dodged background tho. (at least that is what it looks like.) I would actually tweak the textures on the bird to give it a little more gloss, on feathers and eyes.

No need to think outside the box....
    Just make it invisible.