One of my photographic goals I set about a year and a half ago was to break out of my preference for shooting flat, formal compositions. I had tended to avoid objects in three dimensional space including photos and landscapes.
While I still shoot lots and lots of these straight down compositions, I think that the concerns are more about light and shape definition than simple formal abstract concerns.
I worked on this image a bit because I want to push my use of light further. I like using off camera flash or, as here, found selective lighting effects. I did a significant amount of burning and dodging on this image to strengthen the effect.