Panoramic photographs, also known as "panoramas" or just "panos" for short, are created by stitching together multiple individual photographs. While they are commonly horizontal in nature (much wider than they are tall), they can be vertical as well. I have several panoramas made up of a grid of images, multiple rows and multiple columns.

Making panoramas is useful for a variety of reasons. In some cases, the photographer might just want to capture a larger resolution photograph of the scene. In other cases, the proportions of the scene might mean zooming out to capture everything results in low detail or many other unwanted elements being pulled into the final photograph. For landscapes in particular, to simply zoom out causes a lot more sky to be pulled into the final image. At the same time, the landscape takes up a smaller area in the final photograph, reducing emphasis on certain elements that might be subject of the landscape.

Because the scenes tend to be larger, making use of high dynamic range (HDR) techniques when creating panoramas can be quite useful as well. I commonly make use of HDR while photographing panoramas.