I missed a great photo opportunity yesterday. Still kicking myself.
We were out for a walk along the lake when I saw a frog sitting along the edge in some floating weeds, appeared to be the same frog that posed for me a few days earlier so I already had photos of him. I decide to take a little closer look at him as I noticed this strange snake-shaped stick in the water right next to him. Instead of pulling out the camera then I took one step too many towards the frog, he jumped, the snake-like stick jumped, I jumped (a little), then cursed my having missed the shot. The snakes head was not 6" from the frog when I scared him, but at least the frog lived to see another day. The snake was probably pissed at me.
Take photos first, don't miss opportunities.