10/1/2020: Finished year 7 (!), with continuing gratitude towards this amazing community. Based in St. Louis, MO. Regular worker-bee and self-taught photography dilettante....
It IS clear focus on that one hook but I know what you mean about a little height would make things line up better. I have this method called "forehead photography" and I balance the camera against my forehead, adding at least 5 inches to the height but keeping the camera more or less within the line of what I saw.