This photograph captures the Kees Fensbrug from a low position on the canal bank. A large bicycle in the lower right foreground anchors the view, while the stone bridge spans the center of the frame with three distinct arches. Behind the bridge, the dark shapes of leafy trees and multi-story buildings stretch across the horizon. The composition is divided horizontally, with the upper half showing a sky that transitions from dark blue to orange, and the lower half dominated by the dark water of the Keizersgracht.

Small lights tracing the curves of the bridge arches create bright, circular reflections on the water's surface. These yellow and orange glows mix with the light spilling from street lamps and building windows. Rows of parked bicycles line the bridge railing, their thin frames silhouetted against the evening light. The perspective makes the distant architecture appear smaller, drawing the eye from the textured pavement in the front toward the lit windows in the background.