I pushed the brightness of the tulips and the darkness of the foliage with the b&w filter.
Cropped for "rule of thirds" with boy and two groups of tulips as the junction points.
Added a little darkening vignette along stones at the right to help draw eye into the image.

forum discussion: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=27622722&changemode=1

original image by Scott Sander's wife: