Steller's Sea Eagle on Winter Ice Floe

Deep indigo twilight blankets the Quebec landscape, where a massive Steller's sea eagle perches on a jagged sea ice floe. The bird's dark plumage merges with the shadowed foreground, while a sharp rim of pale light outlines its crest and wings against the low-hanging gray clouds. Snow dusts the ice surface in uneven patches, reflecting the fading ambient glow. The background dissolves into a soft blur of frozen water and distant ice ridges. Only the eagle's piercing yellow eyes and hooked beak remain sharply defined. A thin layer of frost rests on the ice edge nearest the bird's talons.