Depth of field

This past weekend I traveled south from a snow filled Iowa to a 77 degree Sunday in St. Louis! More pictures from that trip will post soon but here is one in original form and after some minimal work.

This is the orig. picture - my friend's daughter was playing outside.


The following is the revised photo after "smart sharpen" in Photoshop and cropping:

I know this lovely little girl and I know her mother will like the picture - however I don't know if it has "market value." Would a stranger who didn't know her find the picture interesting?

If I could do it over I would use my 50 mm with a depth of field (dof) that can reach 1.something to blur the background. Better yet I'd get a zoom lens that has a better dof... The background is distracting in this picture. This photo was taken with an 80-200 mm zoom.