Background is the important part in photo what you
got.
Take a look at the photo bellow :
The harmony of the blue color in the background
leading your eyes toward main subject which is a bird, and moreover the blue
cntrast color arunds the eyes become more interesting.
Now compare with this photo bellow:
The second photo looks more busy with the background
which are branches and leafs , even looks blurred but it looks disturbing. So
which is the good one between 2 photos above depend waht you see with your
eyes?
The colors harmony of the background with the main
object makes a photo looks more insteresting.
Then we can say that background is the very important
part in photo overall. Usually a photo have background area that close
enough moreover it can rech 60% from all part in the picture. You never can
have the cool photo if the your photos background looks messy and awful.