#qualicum beach

[malavoie1]

Shoreline Encounter

📍 Qualicum Beach, British Columbia ⧉

A walk along the shoreline at Qualicum Beach to photograph the seals, turned into an unexpected encounter when this young deer wandered onto the rocky beach. It moved along the waterline completely unfazed, occasionally stopping to look around before continuing down the shore.

One frame catches the deer exploring the shoreline, another freezes it as it ran across the stones with surprising speed and balance, while a third caught it glancing back towards my wife who was sitting farther up the beach.

Black-tailed deer are common across Vancouver Island ⧉ and have adapted well to living close to towns and beaches. They’re excellent swimmers and are often seen moving between forest edges, shorelines, and residential areas in search of food. Along the coast they’ll sometimes feed on washed-up seaweed and other shoreline vegetation. Despite their calm appearance, they stay alert constantly — the twitching ears and quick glances in these photos are a good reminder of how aware they are of everything happening around them.

These shots lean heavily on subject isolation and timing. Using a long telephoto lens compressed the background nicely and helped separate the deer from the shoreline and water. The shallow depth of field in the first image creates a layered scene with the deer sharp in the foreground while the distant figure stays soft enough not to distract. The side profile images work well because of the clean horizon and open negative space around the animal, while the running frame benefits from a fast shutter speed that freezes the motion cleanly without losing the sense of movement. Shooting from a lower angle also helped keep the perspective more intimate and natural.

Camera: Pentax K-3 Lens: HD PENTAX-DA 55-300mm F4-5.8 ED WR 300mm / ƒ/9 - ƒ/10 / 1/800s / ISO 200 Taken: April 17, 2026

[ndcirque]

So last weekend we happened to encounter a couple of local “Freedom Convoy” sympathy protests. They were driving around in their pickup trucks honking and generally being annoying. The ones in Qualicum Beach were especially amusing. It’s a small town and all they could do was circle the block several times. It seemed very constrained for a “Freedom Convoy”.

Now, I do understand what they are protesting about. They don’t want the government telling them what to do. They want to be free to do what they want without government interference. No government rules for them.

Which is why I kept laughing when they stopped for traffic lights.

I’d call them hypocrites but I’m sure thats another word they don’t know the meaning of.

[strandline]

Qualicum Beach. Vancouver Island BC

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Canada's most elderly city has a 20-year-old on council — and he wants housing his age group can afford

Qualicum Beach continues to be a retirement mecca — but homes that fit young workers are needed

When you're young enough to be the grandson of most voters, you get a few quips on the campaign trail.

"It was more or less, 'oh, you're too young for this.' They're trying to make a joke out of it," said Robert Filmer.  

Qualicum Beach's median age is 66.9. More than 52 per cent of people were seniors as of the 2016 Census, the highest in the country.

But Filmer was elected in October's municipal elections, becoming a councillor at the age of 20.

"My big line where I got a standing ovation at the first debate was, 'if I'm old enough to vote, I'm old enough to run,'" he said.

Now he's focused on an issue near to his heart — getting more housing built that people his age can afford.

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[amandawtwong]

Did a watercolor of the trip I took to Qualicum with some girls on Canada Day weekend.

[superbnature]

qualicum beach sunset (of ) by markbowenfineart

[haleyrobinn]

[solarbird]

It's very strange to start learning the violin (or, in folk terms, the fiddle), just because it's an instrument that anyone around me actually plays. Honestly not entirely sure what to do with that. Everything else I've learned it's been me and THAT'S ALL (for the most part) and so I'm all kinda "...huh" and not sure what I think about it.

The other people at the Qualicum Beach workshops were pretty much "...well you're jumping straight into the deep end, aren't you?" at me, and I'm all YES BUT IT'S OKAY I AM A SHARK. A SHARK WITH A FIDDLE. APPARENTLY.

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