birds eye view
Overhead perspective panorama
A bird's eye view is the perspective from high above, as if seen by a flying bird looking down.
The phrase describes aerial photographs, maps, or any vantage point offering a comprehensive overview: The drone captured a bird's eye view of the property.
Figuratively, it means a broad summary that sacrifices detail for scope: Let me give you a bird's eye view of the situation.
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
- wide angleBroad focal perspective
- overviewBroad general summary
- big pictureOverall perspective on things
vantage · looking down · drone · helicopter · top down · rooftop · skyline · city lights · map · altitude · soaring · eagle · perspective · surveying · landscape · lay of the land · sprawling · miniature
- cinematographycamera, lens, shot, shots, lighting
- camera shotsclose-up, close up, helicopter shot, medium shot, crane shot
- advantagesedge, leverage, upper hand, leg up, head start
birds eye viewworms eye view
Viewpoint from below
worm's eye view · ground level · from below · looking up · low angle
birds eye viewclose-up
Near-range photograph
zoomed in · in the weeds · tunnel vision · up close · nitty-gritty
bird, birds, view, views, viewed, viewing, viewer, viewers, viewable