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I took this picture on birthday party on a place I'm used to photography. But the owner implemented some new LED lights at this time. I took over 600 pictures, but only this one got this unknow effect on the face of the people.
Did someone have this before? Any idea on how to fix that on lightroom or photoshop?
I used a Canon 5D MII + Canon 24-105mm f/4
2017-03-18 Giovana-107.webp
 
Can you try adjusting the blues in Photoshop or Lightroom, and maybe lowering the blue luminosity or saturation a bit?
 
It looks like posterization - an issue with color bit depth.
You can tell by looking at the image's histogram. In particular the histogram for each RGB color - Red, Green, Blue.
Image Posterization
Hi, thanks for the information. But, It can't be posterization since the image was not processed. That's the original RAW version just right after be added into the lightroom. That's the original histogram:
I believe it was caused by a LED light on the ceeling creating a kind of "interference" on the image.
upload_2017-3-25_18-1-36.webp
 
Looks like the blue channel's highlights are maxed out. It really is an unpleasant look on the forehead of the older woman, and also on the nose of the girl. Very unpleasant coloration. I hope you can fix the problem.
 
I believe it was caused by a LED light on the ceeling creating a kind of "interference" on the image.
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To me, it looks as if you caught the LED lights "on" in that shot. They actually pulsate at 60hz, but our eyes see what appears to be steady light.
 
I hate to break it to you, but Raw files are processed in the camera and then again by what ever Raw converter application you use before the Raw file data can be shown to you as a photo.

Note too that until Lr has had a chance to do that processing the thumbnails it shows are JPEG Basic images embedded in the Raw file so there is something to show on the camera's rear LCD right after the shutter was released. The rear LCD on a DSLR cannot show Raw files.

I see that the histogram you posted is labeled Original + Smart Preview.
What does the histogram look like with Smart Preview turned off?

Yep, the spike on the right side of the histogram shows the blue channel was clipped (blown out).
But out of the entire scene the few blue pixels on their faces, hair, clothes, and a couple of other places in the photo are the only clipped blue channel pixels in the scene.
Clipped highlights in any one color channel cannot be recovered.

Many LED lights produce a lot of blue light, which incidentally, the American Medical Association has said is bad for human health.
 

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