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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