Thomas de Groot wrote:

>> I still think its mostly the lighting and maybe a lack of curves on
>> the right side of the cloth. The reduced depth perception due to 
>> the dark color of the cloth probably doesn't help either.
> 
> However, I think the wip2 below looks better.

yes, this works better for me.

> As said, no point light but a hdr dome with area_light for the sun.
> It must be the combination dark cloth / straight edge that played the
> trick.

Another trick might have been that I thought of this as an indoor
scene from the background and overall darkness, while the shadows
where those of sunlight.

Maybe you could also try a brighter sun and a perspective or
sun position that shows some shadow against the back wall.

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