Help me with my new dslr, some pics have washed out colors.

[camille1585]

I hoping that some of you photography experts can help me with a problem. A month ago I bought a DLSR camera (Canon 600D/T3i) and while I’m very very happy with it overall, I’ve run into some problems in getting accurate colors for some of my orchids. Below are 2 photos of my Phal Wiganiae, the first taken with my compact camera, and the colors are extremely accurate, though maybe a little bit oversaturated. The second one is taken with the DSLR, and as you can see, the colors are washed out. The pink on the petals is pale, and there is almost zero color on the lip Both photos, though taken a year apart, were taken in similar conditions, ie. natural light and indoors.
I’ve tried changing the white balance (both in camera while shooting JPEG, and shoot RAW then change on computer), and I just can’t get the colors anywhere NEAR what the compact can do. As a side note, what I really like on the compact is the foliage mode, the colors are more vivid. I can hardly imagine this being an issue with the camera, so I must be missing something in the camera settings…
So, any tips on how I can improve?



wiganiae compact camera by Camille1585, on Flickr


Wiganiae 600D by Camille1585, on Flickr