Marc Pi Photography

Welcome to the first edition of Inside the Frame.

This series is a space where I take you beyond the final image — into the story, the setting, and the decisions behind each photograph. With every post, I’ll share where the photo was taken, what caught my eye, and how I approached it technically and creatively.

I’m excited to start this journey and invite you to see not just what I shoot, but why. Let’s begin.

On the rooftop of Oslo’s iconic Opera House — a place known for its striking architecture and sweeping views — a quiet figure moved among the crowd: a seagull, unbothered and unhurried. For a brief moment, it stood perfectly still, as if posing, indifferent to the people around it. That’s when I took the shot.

What drew me in wasn’t just the clean geometry of the marble roof or the softness of the cloudy day, but the bird’s presence — confident, majestic, and completely at ease in a space never built for it. It moved through the human world as if it belonged, almost symbolic in its quiet ownership of the scene.

This moment reminded me how wildlife adapts so naturally to our urban spaces, finding its rhythm among our structures without fanfare — and sometimes, with more grace than we expect.

Camera: Canon EOS 750D
ISO 200
F-stop: f/3.5
Exposure time: 1/320 sec
Focal length: 18mm
No flash