At first, I was very happy with this picture. I have almost achieved what I had in mind when I have started to photoshop it. I like the pose, I like the light, I like the shadows, I like the cloak and I absolutely love that shawl.
BUT… argh the shawl; I have forgotten to correct the layering of the shawl with the turtleneck. I thought I had taken care of it but I guess at some point, I have mixed my layers in photoshop.
I always try to have the clothes, the hair, the accesories to layer up as you would logicaly expect them to. Most of the time, as I work in a studio (aka sky platform made with 2 planks),I take 3 or 4 snapshots with the same angle: first one with the whole outfit, the second without the cloak, the third without the scarf and the fourth without the hair. Then I rebuild the picture in photoshop. There are a lot of tools in that program to help you improve your image but in the end, I often find the copy / paste of details to work best.
Here is the original for comparison.
Credits:
Mesh head: LOGO Infinity Alex Hybrid Mesh Avatar v3.0
Skin: *YS&YS* Beatrix Tone02 Skin Applier LOGO ALEX Mesh Head
Hair: Exile::Cozy Winter Nights Blondes @ Collabor88
Coat: -Pixicat- Stockholm.Coat (White) @ Collabor88
Shawl: Zaara : [Mesh] Kashmiri Shawl *jardin* @ Collabor88
Pose: Marukin
Dunes 
beautiful look and images and thanks for the rundown of how you compose your images. very informative!
Thank you Monerda. I am not really active on this blog anymore but I’d now rather talk about photography than only credit fashion. So, in case you would like to talk about SL photography, don’t hesitate to contact me in world 🙂
very cool and yes I’d love to chat inworld sometime especially about photography!