panoramas

Wide unbroken scenes

Panoramas is the plural of panorama—a wide, unobstructed view of a landscape or scene: The hiking trail offers stunning panoramas of the valley.

The term extends to comprehensive surveys of a subject: a panorama of 20th-century art.

In photography, panoramas are images stitched together to capture a wider field than a single frame allows.

overview

survey

Systematic data collection

scope · spectrum · range · sweep · synopsis · review · assessment · big picture · outlook · perspective

scenic

vista

Pleasing distant scene

sweeping view · horizon · landscape · valley · canyon · scenic lookout · ridgeline · alpine view · coastline · fjord

photography

wide-angle

Encompassing broad vistas

tripod · exposure · HDR · lens · composition · aspect ratio · megapixel · fisheye · smartphone · rotation

immersive

virtual reality

Computer-created interactive environment

dome · planetarium · IMAX · surround · wraparound · cylindrical · spherical · projection · museum exhibit · installation

urban

skyline

Urban profile against atmosphere

skyscraper · metropolis · downtown · nightscape · aerial view · bridge · harbor · waterfront · monument · architecture

Categories
Opposites
visual scope/coverage

panoramasclose-ups

Shots framed very near

vignettes · thumbnails · fragments · cutaways · insets

perspective/distance

panoramasclose-ups

Shots framed very near

macro photography · intimate portraits

comprehensiveness of view

panoramasfragments

Incomplete broken pieces

details · glimpses · slices · snippets · snapshots

Phrases
Family

panorama, panoramic, panoramically

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G