Fixing Orange Color Cast in Sepia Photos - Hawaii

I am working on a fun personal project. I decided to go back and work on some older photos I took when I visited Hawaii in 2008-2009 for NYE and again in June 2009, for my Hawaiian Scrapbook.

Hawaii

My first trip to Hawaii I was shooting with a Canon point and shoot digital camera the Powershot A250 and my film camera the Canon Elan 7ne. I loved the number of shots I was able to get with my digital camera, and that I could see immediately what corrections I need to make in camera, so before my second trip I purchased the Canon 50D DSLR.

With the Canon Powershot A250, I was not able to shoot raw, so all of the images are about 4 MP. Not enough megapixels to print large, but decent enough to scrapbook or place in a photo album or online.

Back then, I didn't really fully grasp the concept of how to shoot panoramas. If I did, even with a 4MP camera, I could've stitched together several images to then be able to print large.

I'll go back again someday and take some great panoramic pictures. First I need to get into really good shape, because I want to hike to the top of craters and to take some excellent pictures.

Correcting Too Orange Sepia

Corrected Images

I love crisp, stark B&W photos and sepia toned images. With the Canon cameras you are able to shoot in B&W, Sepia and other color toned B&W. So, of course I took some in camera shots. 

Looking back at those photos, some of the sepia toned images were just too orange. For instance, these two images I took at one of the military beaches, where we went to watch the surfers surf the large waves, are just too orange. 

So I corrected the color to bring the white back into the surf, and sky and just balance the image more. I also masked and toned down the grain in the sky. I was surprised to see the grain as these images are shot ISO50.

Toning down that orange really lets you see the clouds in the sky better and appreciate the white frothy waves. Also, the horizon line stands out a bit more. Both images were corrected in Lightroom.