Handling equipment in below-zero temperatures and working with camera-shy wildlife were a serious challenge to the movie producers too. For example, an automated camera, camouflaged in white, caught a bear’s attention.
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Camera-shy
Synonyms for "camera-shy"
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Translations
7 translations across 4 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- kameroita välttelevä adj (camera-shy)
French
4 entries- qui n'aime pas être filmé adj (camera-shy)
- qui n'aime pas être pris en photo adj (camera-shy)
- timide devant l'objectif adj (camera-shy)
- timide devant la caméra adj (camera-shy)
German
1 entries- kamerascheu adj (camera-shy)
Polish
1 entries- nieśmiały przed kamerą adj (camera-shy)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Off to Essex, where Geoff Hutton brings our attention to our latest station cat. "Gidea Park Station on the TfL Shenfield line also has a cat, although she is a bit camera shy," he says. "Apparently she lives in a neighbouring house, but spends much of her time at the station - usually, as illustrated, on the north side ticket barrier. Surely such an arrangement should be mandatory for all stations?"
Source: wiktionary
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