Meaning of sun shot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A measurement of the angle of the sun, made using a sextant, usually at noon.
2. A photograph that includes the sun.

Examples

“Not so long ago, most surveyors thought that sun shots and star shots were more trouble⟳ than they were worth.”

“I first learned to navigate⟳ by using hand-held sextants to take⟳ sun shots, star shots, or by looking out the window reading a map.”

“Al can't take⟳ sun shots in the fog to check their location, so David adjusts the propellers to climbing pitch and opens the throttles to maximum boost⟳, easing the control⟳ column back.”

“When hunting for subject matter⟳ for your sun shots, investigate⟳ the picture possibilities you previously passed up as being run-of-the-mill scenes.”

“I then salvaged both by sandwiching them with sun shots made with a 400mm lens.”

“So we had these three different types of sun shots; and each required its own⟳ discipline and technique."”

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