Project 365, Day 25 ("Monochrome", Day 2)

Now, normally when I don't like a photo, I just simply don't bother exposing it to the public. This one, however, is bothering me. It's a technically correct photo, well exposed, no clipped or blown highlights or shadows (darn close with all that black, but not clipped, check the histogram). It even has the DOF I like so much. And it's in line with this week's theme!

Maybe someone else has an opinion?

Lens and camera settings:

50mm f/2.0 @ f/2.0, 1/160sec and ISO 200. Flash bounced off the ceiling-ish @ +0.7EV compensation.