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IT'S IN THE DETAILS

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For almost nine decades, we've been using photography to show- case the beauty of Arizona. Most of those images have been pan- oramic landscapes, but every once in a while, we like to send out a photographer with a macro lens. Thus this collection.

Featured in the January 2015 Issue of Arizona Highways

Hopi tea greenthread sprouts at Las Cienegas National Conservation Area southeast of Tucson.
Hopi tea greenthread sprouts at Las Cienegas National Conservation Area southeast of Tucson.
BY: Firini Pajak

For almost nine decades, we've been using photography to showcase the beauty of Arizona. Most of those images have been panoramic landscapes, but every once in a while, we like to send out a photographer with a macro lens. Thus this collection. A PORTFOLIO BY EIRINI PAJAK PHOTO EDITOR'S NOTE: Most of the images in this portfolio feature a photographic technique known as focus-stacking. Photographer Eirini Pajak shoots with the lens almost wide open, then manually focuses through the plane of the flower one millimeter at a time. She then "stacks" the images using a computer program. Doing so allows her to control the depth of field in the background and get focus through the subject.

LEFT: A jojoba plant reaches toward the sun in Florence. Jojoba oil is known for its healing and restorative properties.