14 photos that show the full and awesome scope of Instagram's new feature

Instagram just announced a new, long awaited feature that is definitely worth Instagramming about.

The popular app for photography is now allowing users to post full horizontal and vertical images. Previously, only square-formatted images were permitted. This game-changing update has several of the app's talented photographers already posting big, bold, and beautiful images.

Keep scrolling to see some of our favorite finds.

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A photo of the tallest building on earth— the Burj Khalifa— in honor of @Instagram now allowing non-square photos. This is so exciting! (Update your app if you haven't already! Let me know if it's working for you. And let me know if you posted a cool vertical or landscape photo I should check out!)

A photo posted by Branden Harvey (@brandenharvey) on Aug 27, 2015 at 10:20am PDT

So excited about the new feature on @instagram. I'm now able to share the full image without missing the Autoras!

A photo posted by Daniel Taipale (@dansmoe) on Aug 27, 2015 at 12:37pm PDT

A fantastic update means we can now post portrait & landscape! @instagram You little beauties! Here's a latergram from Kerala that didn't really work as a square.

A photo posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀MATT PIKE (@mattpike) on Aug 27, 2015 at 10:31am PDT

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