Need a bit of "punch" in the tonal range to hold any impact, imo. Not saying the shadow needs to be black, but just a bit darker. I would also recommend a bit tighter crop to loose the bit in the upper right corner and about half the last wall board on the left.

Thanks for the comment.
I know there is potential here, it is just getting the finite details out!
Thanks again!

Hey! A copycat ;)

I agree with Beamer. A portrait-view (longs sides left and right) seems more suiteble to me. Is this a self-portrait too? I prefer a sharper outlining of the shadow, but I think that's just my taste. I like the eye-lashes who are visible, although it's a bit blurry.

The new one is posted here:
www.vazaar.com/user:mikeock/photos/id:30312/

Yeah the outline could not be made sharper upon capture due to the lighting beings diffused by three different panes of glass and then going 25-50ft before hitting the wall.
No this is not a self portrait, its actually my step father who posed once i saw the potential for the shot!

Every source of light (or other kind of radiation), exept the sun (at least on earth), will diverge. It's also unsharp becouse light sources (exept for the sun) always give a half-shadow. That's way your image is unsharp. If the distance light source - wall is very big, this effect will increase, but you already wrote that by yourself.

If you want a sharper image, it's best to use the sun.

*end of Tamara's physics-lesson :P*

I want also make another comment about you photo. I think it's better to use the wall only, and not the ceiling or a corner in the wall.

nice!

sfkp,

thanks for the comment.
I know what you mean use the sun, but this was one of those where you look over, notice it capture and review later...

I also understand about the wall and yes the composition could be a bit stronger..

joka,

Thanks for the comment!

I agree with some of the others. There is potential in this shot--it's an interesting concept. But I don't really think the sharpness of the shadow is the issue, as much as the over-all contrast. It may be difficult to really get the full potential of the shot as the difference between the shadow and light part of the wall isn't that great, but I'd really try pushing the contrast and playing with the tone curve a bit.

(I also agree that some rotation and cropping out of the ceiling would put more focus on the silhouette.)