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Gemstones are hidden from our eyes, they must be sought.
As a rule, you need to turn over thousands of tons of soil in order to get the coveted stone, which will sparkle in the sun and delight your eyes.

I am not a prospector, I am not looking for the mines of King Solomon, but when I go to the forest I am looking for precious stones of the plant world.

In the flower shop you can see many beautiful flowers, many of them have undergone a rigorous selection process, in order to get what we see today.

In the wild, there is also its own selection, but it is natural, smooth and long.

In the forest, I am looking for flowers from which it is impossible to make a bouquet, but they are beautiful.

In the first photograph, you see the purple topaz of the plant world, small but beautiful flowers of a plant, which is a direct relative of ordinary tomatoes.

To be precise, this is their ancestor. Nightshade, the name of this plant, is poisonous, as are unripe tomatoes. But, the wild beauty of this plant is unique.

In the second photograph, you see nightshade berries. They are beautiful, like red Topaz.

I took these pictures in Moldova, with an interval of several months.

I came to that place, in the forest where this plant grew, and photographed the stages of change of this gem.


Photos taken with a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX300 camera
I edited a photo in the program PhotoDirector, which I also installed on my smartphone.

Author @barski
Ukraine