Chiaroscuro (Sleep Dep Version)
by qachyk

Comment:
I agree with the statement that a little lighter might have been better, but I think for me the weakest part of this picture is the framing. The crate moves to the center of the picture left-to-right; vertically, it goes to the center of the picture at its right edge and 2/3 height at its left edge. The shadow escapes out of the picture, leaving the whole thing feeling cut off and mis-angled.

Without trying several shots, I'm not sure of the answer, but here are some possibilities:

Back out from the thing to pick up more of it; leave the angle as-is.

Lift the left side of the picture, changing the angle so the top of the crate is straight (at the center of the picture) and giving the shadow enough room to fit. This would un-straighten the right edge of the crate and might push its shadow out-of-view, however.

Tighten the picture in, lifting at the same time, so that the top edge of the crate remains at the same angle/placement, less of the crate is shown, and the shadow is cut off both top and right.

Alternately, move the picture left, showing more crate (taking it to the 2/3 mark horizontally) and similarly cutting the shadow, though I suspect this would make the crate entirely to overpowering.

Try the whole thing at an angle, with the point of the crate occupying the center of the photo and the lines of it on a diagonal from the bottom or the side of the photo.

Just some musing - different things you might play around with to see what the effect would be.

Caged
by marco

Comment:
How did you get that effect? Very impressive!