Help with color

[Reefun]

Please help me get the colors of my new chalice to show up in my photographs.
I don't know why but the yellow doesn't show up at all. You can see it a little in the last pic with just the actinic on. But the colors are just not right. If you have any advice at all I would be very appreciative.
I have a Canon XSI rebel and I'm using the lens it came with. The chalice in person has a yellow/gold base, pink eyes, reddish pink bumps and a turquoise/green rim.

 

[reefman23]

Are you shooting RAW or JPEG? I highly suggest using RAW and you can fully adjust the white balance is post processing.

Is this any closer to the true colors? It appears that there is too much of a blue cast in the pics.

Jesse

 

[Reefun]

Yes that is closer but it is a lot more gold in person. In the pic it looks like a nice chalice but in person it is a WOW that's crazy looking chalice.

I have a lot of problems getting the color to look right with my lighting.
I have All T5s.
ATI actinic
ATI 12K
ATI actinic
ATI Blue+
The color always look bluer than it really is. Or the pic is dark and if I try a longer exposure it makes all the colors look faded.
I am shooting in RAW mode but I am not that great at fixing the pics I would be happy to email the pic in RAW form if you think you can do something I don't know how to do. And then let me know what you did. or if it would help to tell you what I'm screwing up.

Thanks for the help
I have digital photo professional

 

[MSX-Jeff]

Is this closer?

 

[Reefun]

Yes but a little less green and a little more gold. That is very close though.

 

[MSX-Jeff]

I am using Adobe's Lightroom: adjusted the WB, "auto-toned" then reduced the exposure and increased the blacks, tweaked the tone curve a little, and most of the change was done in "camera calibration

How about this one? This is a lot of quick tweaking of the individual color's H/S/L...looks pretty processed, but maybe the colors are correct.

 

[Reefun]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15703105#post15703105 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MSX-Jeff
I am using Adobe's Lightroom: adjusted the WB, "auto-toned" then reduced the exposure and increased the blacks, tweaked the tone curve a little, and most of the change was done in "camera calibration

How about this one? This is a lot of quick tweaking of the individual color's H/S/L...looks pretty processed, but maybe the colors are correct.

That is much closer to the real color than my pic.
Is there something I can do to get the pic closer to the real color when taking the pic?

 

[MSX-Jeff]

what camera settings are you currently shooting with?

 

[Reef Bass]

+1 for shooting in RAW mode and adjusting the white balance in post processing. It is SO fast, SO easy and SO accurate.