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The Iowa Photo: Summer nights
Solon Beef Days offers quintessential glimpse of the season
Jul. 27, 2024 6:00 am
When I think of summer in small-town Iowa, I think of county fairs and street festivals such as the annual Solon Beef Days. To me, this photo taken earlier this month at Beef Days captures that feeling of small-town America in the summer. The blur of the rides’ lights (emphasized with a slow shutter speed) and the silhouettes of those standing in line help to capture the scene in a way that reminds me of my own childhood, specifically the iconic Fourth of July sequence from the 1993 movie “The Sandlot.”
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