Fixing Old Photos

I took this photo the Saturday after Thanksgiving in 1976, with Kodachrome film. The coral and loading platform are in the Panhandle, near Amarillo.

Here is the original scan of the 32 year old deteriorated Kodachrome slide. I used this slide in a 2 projector slide show. The projectors were connected with a lap dissolve unit. For about 10 years the slide was frequently being exposed to the hot projector lamp. Fortunately slide shows with projectors fell out of style, and the slide was able go dormant in the carosel tray.





This is the way I corected the image in 2008 after I took my first photo editing class. About two years later I was able to see that thre was a bluish cast in the image.










Here is the way I corrected the image in 2010. I've been told the image would be more aesthetically pleasing if I removed the storage tanks in the background  I consider this a historical photo and I am against that type of photo editing.