Steamboat Rounding Bend at Winter Sunset

Warm golden light spills across the flat, glassy surface of a wind-open causeway near Oklahoma City, illuminating a steamboat as it rounds a sharp river bend. The vessel cuts through water that reflects the low sun, sending a V-shaped wake trailing behind its dark hull. Bare winter trees line the distant banks, their leafless branches stark against the orange sky. Humid air hangs heavy in the stillness, softening the edges of the steam rising from the boat's funnel. A low angle view emphasizes the boat's size against the vast, open water. at the edge is the crisp, white foam breaking against the dark hull as the boat turns.