Took a picture of same Lladro statue I shot before but this time I put the camera on a tripod to eliminate any camera shake. Again shot with 135mm Prime at F2 ISO=160 shutter speed 1/80. Also added the pink flower to give it some color.

Distance appears to be the same, plane of the faces in this one is equal. Much more detailed in both the technical aspect of the image and the "interaction" of the Lladro piece.

It appears the point of focus is a bit further back (the closest leaves' edge of the roses are SHARP) than the front of the porcelain. A shot focusing on the lad's pants wrinkles would likely put the depth of field from the front edge of the plinth to the girl's right hand. Let the "color" fall where it will.

That lens is a "Keeper" to my mind, BTW.

A big difference between this shot and the previous is that this time I had the camera on a good tripod. The first shot of this figurine which I posted earlier (without roses) was hand held. Without IS on the lens, and with the lens wide open at a relatively slow shutter speed, it was darn near impossible to get perfect sharpness.