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| background |
a part located in the rear, esp. as depicted in a painting, photograph, or scene. (Cf. foreground.) [1/5 definitions] |
| black and white |
a photograph or graphic representation done in shades of black and white only. [1/2 definitions] |
| black-and-white |
in shades of black and white only, as a photograph or film. [1/3 definitions] |
| blocky |
having unequally distributed blocks and patches of light and dark, as a photograph. [1/2 definitions] |
| blowup |
an enlargement, as of a photograph. [1/3 definitions] |
| candid |
of a photograph taken of a person or people, not artificial or posed; informal. [2/4 definitions] |
| candid camera |
a small simple camera with a fast lens used to photograph unposed subjects or take informal pictures. |
| centerfold |
the facing pages at the center of a magazine, often used for a large photograph or other graphic display. [1/2 definitions] |
| cityscape |
an artist's view of a city, as in a painting, drawing, photograph, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| composite |
a visual image, esp. a photograph, composed of several individual pictures. [1/5 definitions] |
| composite photograph |
a single photograph created from two or more separate photographs by juxtaposition, superimposition, or the like. |
| contact print |
a photograph made by pressing a negative against light-sensitive paper and exposing it to light. |
| copy |
one of the printed reproductions of an original text, score, or photograph. [1/8 definitions] |
| cross section |
a drawing, photograph, or other graphic representation of such a view. [1/3 definitions] |
| cutline |
a descriptive legend, such as one beneath a photograph, diagram, or the like; caption. |
| daguerreotype |
a photograph made by this process. [1/2 definitions] |
| double exposure |
the resulting composite photograph. [1/2 definitions] |
| encephalogram |
an x-ray photograph of the spaces of the brain normally filled with cerebrospinal fluid, partially replaced for the procedure by air or dye. |
| enlargement |
anything, esp. a photograph, that is a larger version of something. [1/3 definitions] |
| exploded view |
a photograph, drawing, illustration, or diagram that displays the individual parts of a mechanism separately but indicates their proper relationship. |
| film |
to photograph with a movie camera or other video recording device. [1/11 definitions] |
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