CS5 PDF export (high res) is causing lines and color shifts where transparent images overlap

Has anyone else had this issue? I've attached two samples of what is happening. Basically, I have a headline with an image that overlaps it a bit. The frame cuts through the headline (you can see it in the sample) and causes the type to break. I've also had it shift my color significantly so that the green that is under the frame is much darker than the green outside the frame. Everything is in the same color space using the same profiles.
Originally, I thought it was a PDF anomolly, but it prints just as you see it. Can someone please explain what is happening here?
Thanks in advance for any input.

That makes sense. I had a colorist that works with one of our vendor pre
-press houses set us up. We calibrated to our vendors machines so that we could share files when necessary. Their recommendation was the distiller workflow. Even setting the profile in the export to pdf option in ID caused it to be a bit different than doing it the long way. That may have changed since this was a couple of years ago, but I've just continued to do it that way.

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