Another thing I'd like to mention: on my edited version, the dark line of the poles is now almost fully extended from the bottom left to the top right corner, which makes a strong diagonal line. What you don't immediately notice, is that that diagonal dark line is now countered by a new opposing 'path of light' from top left to (almost) bottom right, keeping the balance in the image...
That's one of the things I like to play with, that balance and the 'countering' of image elements...

We do not see things as they are. ǝɹɐ ǝʍ sɐ sƃuıɥʇ ǝǝs ǝʍ