long shot

something with an uncertain outcome, shot in the dark; bet with a low chance of winning; photograph taken from a long distance away

For other uses, see Longshot (disambiguation) In photography, film and video, a long shot (sometimes referred to as a full shot or a wide shot) typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings; however, it is not as far away as an extreme long shot would be. It has been suggested that long-shot ranges usually correspond to approximately what would be the distance between the front row of the audience and the stage in live theatre. It is now common to refer to a long shot as a "wide shot" because it often requires the use of a wide-angle lens to photograph. When a long shot is used to set up a location and its participants, it is called an establishing shot, though establishing shots are also often extreme long shots.
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Noun
1. a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards
(hypernym) gamble
2. a contestant that is unlikely to win
(hypernym) contestant

a bet or other risk taken though not likely to succeed It was a long shot that he would get the job so he was very happy when he did get it.

Synonyms and related words:
accident, adventure, bare possibility, boom shot, casualty, chance hit, close-up, contingency, contingent, dark horse, deuce shot, equivalent odds, even break, even chance, fighting chance, fluke, follow-focus shot, fortuity, freak accident, full shot, gambling chance, good chance, group shot, hap, happening, happenstance, hardly a chance, hazard, hundred-to-one shot, improbability, kinescope, little chance, little opportunity, long odds, lucky shot, matte shot, medium shot, motion picture, no chance, odds, off chance, outside chance, pan shot, panoramic shot, poor bet, poor lookout, poor possibility, poor prospect, price, process shot, rap shot, remote possibility, retake, short odds, shot, slim chance, small chance, square odds, take, travel shot, trucking shot, unlikelihood, zoom shot