I will sometimes use the delay to my advantage. When I’m out hiking with younger, fitter people, I will sometimes draw their attention to some interesting small thing near the trail. They stop to look and I stop to catch my breath!
I added a feature request a year ago to prompt users to add more photos after they’ve selected a taxon. Prompts would be layman’s terms but specific to the higher taxon group. For instance, user selects the taxon ‘Pinus’ and a prompt for additional photos of “needles”, “cones” and “bark” is displayed. I’d be interested in getting additional feedback on the idea. https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/add-an-optional-photo-prompt-to-the-new-observation-screen-in-the-apps/13471