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Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 240mm — ¹/800 sec, f/6.3, ISO 280 — map & image data — nearby photos
Hunting for Warabi Shoots

After climbing into and back out of a small extinct volcano (as seen in last month's “Descending Into a Volcanic Crater”), we were walking down the mountain when we came across a guy obviously looking for something, so we asked what it was. It turns out that he was looking for warabi, a fern whose shoots are edible. So we thought we'd keep an eye out as we went down...

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/800 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Warabi Shoot

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/800 sec, f/5.6, ISO 640 — map & image data — nearby photos
Detail

Anthony found one and ran it down to the guy...

Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 170mm — ¹/1000 sec, f/6.3, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Here You Go

He went on his way, but we kept finding more...

Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 65mm — ¹/1250 sec, f/6.3, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Found Another

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/4000 sec, f/2.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
On the Hunt

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/800 sec, f/5.6, ISO 360 — map & image data — nearby photos
Quite the Collection
this would cost about $2 in a market

Nikon D700 + Sigma “Bigma” 50-500mm OS @ 500mm — ¹/800 sec, f/6.3, ISO 360 — map & image data — nearby photos
Still Searching

Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — ¹/800 sec, f/5.6, ISO 280 — map & image data — nearby photos
Lots of Others Looking

We eventually found the guy again and added our collection to his, for which he was thankful.

Today while writing up this post, I couldn't remember what this plant was called, so I surfed through the various entries on the Wikipedia page for mountain vegetables (sansai) and found it as warabi (Pteridium aquilinum) only to read that it's carcinogenic. Doh! I've had them and they're tasty, but perhaps I'll not seek them out next time.