Automator: Why can't I add "Take a Picture" to workflow?

I'm pretty sure the digital cameras I have are supported for this action, but I can't even get to that point because when I drag the "Take a Picture" action to the workflow, it won't "stick". Other actions such as "Take a Video Snapshot" add normally, but the "Take a Picture" action just snaps back to the library when I try to drag and drop.
I'm automator novice, so I am hoping there is a simple answer to this question. Perhaps it can only be added to follow certain other actions? Or I have to somehow explicitly add the camera device earlier in the workflow? Any ideas?

bizarre update:
I'm starting to think this is a bug.
I tried the record button in Automator to try to take a picture in Image Capture and see if I could capture the action that way. In order to do this I was prompted to turn on "Enable access for assistive devices" in the Universal Access system setting. I didn't get as far as testing the image capture (no camera was plugged in) -- instead I was playing around and recorded the launching of Photo Booth and snapping of a picture with the iSight. Suddenly all my Automator windows were disappeared, even though they were still listed under "Window" menu in Automator, and on closing Automator I was asked to save changes to them.
What does this all have to do with the Take a Picture action? Well, all of a sudden on reopening Automator it started working and I could add it to any workflow. Still no camera connected at that time, so the dropdown list was empty. I quickly created a workflow with a single Take a Picture action and saved it. On a subsequent opening of this workflow, the action was disappeared, the workflow was blank, and I could no longer add the Take a Picture action to anything.
I have since repeated this sequence, and it seems like the recording of the Photo Booth opening and snapshot does something unholy to Automator and then suddenly the Take a Picture action can be used.
Obviously I'm going to try to reproduce this more definitively and also try to take a picture with a workflow. But this kind blew my mind so I had to share. I will update again if I learn anything else.

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