Problem with Panorama Merge

[Jeff A. Goulden]

This is a problem I have never seen before.  I am merging 9 vertical images into a panorama.  The result I am getting is rather strange.  I am attaching a picture of the 9 images and one of the resulting panorama.  I am running Lightroom Classic 12.4 on Windows 11.

[GoldingD]

I notice that you did not shoot in manual (exposure) mode. Your shutter speed varies (so aperture mode?). This can be problematic (not an absolute)

Also, I cannot tell just how much of an overlap you shot. Typically many go for 30%. 

see: 

https://lenscraft.co.uk/photo-editing-tutorials/create-panorama-lightroom/

That being said, it looks like the issue occurs between the third and fourth bracket, and those two are at the same shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and do look like a good 30% overlap. Odd. And what is with the color difference?

Can you replicate this issue with another set of shots?

Oh... and what happens if you attempt the merge in PS?

[JohanElzenga · Accepted solution]

This question was also asked in the LightroomQueen forums. What I answered there is that I think this is a read error of one of the brackets.

[Jeff A. Goulden]

Thanks Johan.  There could be something wrong with one of the files.  When I include R23_0129.NEF into the merge, I have a problem.  I can merge the files on the left of this one and on the right of this one and there is no problem.  I just tried exporting the files as .psd files and importing them back in.  R23_0129.psd looks pretty screwed up.  I guess I'm out of luck.

[Jeff A. Goulden]

It looks like R23_0129.NEF is a corrupted file.  All the other files included in the panorama can be merged with their adjacent files.  When this one is included things go bad.  This was likely left over from some bad sectors that I had to fix a couple of weeks ago.

[Jeff A. Goulden]

Thanks for the response.  I almost always shoot landscapes, especially panoramas using aperture priority.  I'm pretty sure I have a good amount of overlap.  It may not be 30%.  And yes, what is with the color difference?  I have no idea.  I do lots of panoramas and have never had a problem like this.  I have done panoramas with as many as 9 images before and as long as I have some overlap it works.  I'll maybe try the merge in Photoshop and see what happens.  Thanks.