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September 6, 2025
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Unable to pano merge photos

  • September 6, 2025
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I have been trying to create a large panorama of a mountain, and for somereason, two photos just will not merge. I've tried merging them seperately, one at a time, but nothing works. The two photos dont have ideal overlap with eachother and the others, but you are still able to tell where they do overlap, and I'm not sure why lightroom merge cant tell. Could it be some issue with the files themselves? Anyhelp is appreciated, thank you. 

Correct answer JohanElzenga

I'm not surprised that Lightroom has troubles stitching this. The images have no clear details that can be used as stitch points. Most of it is sky, which is notoriously bad for this because the sky changes slightly between shots and has no clear points in it, the rest is also a very low contrast area without details.

 

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Participant
September 7, 2025

Here are the two photos that will not merge.

Participant
September 7, 2025

Sorry, I did not realize that I can't upload a RAW, here are the JPEG versions

JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
September 8, 2025

I'm not surprised that Lightroom has troubles stitching this. The images have no clear details that can be used as stitch points. Most of it is sky, which is notoriously bad for this because the sky changes slightly between shots and has no clear points in it, the rest is also a very low contrast area without details.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
JohanElzenga
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 7, 2025

Post the photos so we can have a look. Without seeing them our guesss is as good as yours.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga