Once assembled, the light looks fine.  The instructions were very poor, and it was easier to you your own iniative to assemble the light.  Thankfully, as we have tall ceilings, we needed both parts of the central pole, but whilst assembling, I could only see the option of just having the shorter pole, or the combination of both poles.  If I had wanted just the longer pole on its own, this would not be possible - this is due to the different screw fixings of the poles and the angle adjusting adapter.