Framing is important

Hello, all,

I recently entered a photo contest and found out how important framing can be....turned out the frame I chose, although interesting was too interesting and took away from the photo...I didn't realize it until I thought about how I was so attracted to the frame that I had trouble finding the right photo to put with it.  I had changed my mind so many times...I should have had a clue..here is the photo with frame submitted...what follows after that are a couple of photos with borders and framing I thought would have worked better......what do you all think?  Maria