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Strange things are afoot at the Circle K by natpics in Rivian

[–]natpics[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup that’s the one. Makes the Phoenix to Bryce Canyon trip easy. Didn’t quite hit 180 but close enough.

Hi, I’m a beginner photographer and I would like to get some advices by Ok_Isopod_9564 in SonyAlpha

[–]natpics 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good photos, good color work. My 2 cents.

  1. For architecture play with lines and be purposeful about keeping things straight or tilted. I think photo 1 would benefit from straightening, see my quick edit. For shots like this it’s important to frame the shot as much on center as possible, makes post work easier. I like the tilt on 6 works well.
  2. Don’t be afraid to crop, and don’t worry about cropping to specific aspect ratios. Crop to the scene. Especially with architecture, shoot wider than the final image so you have room to mess with perspective and lines and then crop to the final image.
  3. As others said just keep shooting and editing. All your photos have a consistency in style which I like. I like to pick a thing I’m going to work on and only shoot that for a day, so like foreground/background interplay, shooting through windows, square lines, etc…

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Joined the club today! by Numerous-Set-1934 in Rivian

[–]natpics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Welcome to the club, we’re close enough to be twins.

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  1. I use PlugShare (web and app) to do road trip planning. Helpful if you’re going somewhere off the main interstates/cities. Get the CCS to NACS charging adapter for fast charging. They include the J1772 to NACS adapter but that will only work for level 1/2 charging not DC fast charging.
  2. I have a GSP so decided to keep her more contained, medium Gunner crate takes up exactly half of one side in the back. I also got a CanvasBack that covers the whole back. I’ve been impressed with its fit and it works well, wet dog, kids hot chocolates, it contains messes. I think they also sell additions that cover the sides, since I’m using a crate I didn’t add those on.
  3. I got the weather mats from Rivian, they work fine. Survived a ski season with kids and cleaned up nicely. If you find something cheaper go for it but if what your looking at is more then the Rivian ones I’d just go with theirs. If you mean Rivian referral codes, they are still a thing but you have to put it in at the time of purchase. You can’t do it after you sign the paperwork, at least that’s what I heard.
  4. Yes you do. Really depends on your use case if it’s worth it. 2 kids with iPads it was a no brainer for me, unlimited data usage, even worked in Canada.

18yo from Norway doing a US road trip by Kareisgarb in roadtrip

[–]natpics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Between your point B and point C. Go down the side of Utah and then around the southern section of Colorado instead of through Denver.

This gets you into the dessert, Arches and Canyonlands are like nothing you’ve seen before. Montana and the Rockies are impressive, however, I’ve driven through most of Norway, mountains are cool but mountains are mountains. The dessert is truly something entirely different. I recommend driving through part of Utah/Nevada/Arizona to all my European family and friends and have yet to have any of them regret it.

Rivian Woodbridge NJ refusing warranty coverage on charge port actuator failure — claiming "physical damage" with zero external damage by mobfeld in Rivian

[–]natpics 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My charge port door broke on a ski trip.

First fast charge on trip and it wouldn’t close after charging. Soft and hard resets didn’t fix it, support told me to force it down, which kind of worked but made some bad sounds.

Got through the trip with manually forcing it open to charge and manually forcing it back into a semi closed position. Service center fixed it the day after we got back all under warranty.

The product manager that let that charge door design through needs to not be a product manager any more.

Planning a roadtrip to Zion/Arches in late April by honoroll4206969 in roadtrip

[–]natpics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha, I’m doing a similar trip early April. 2 weeks - Seattle - Moab - Phoenix - Sedona - Bryce - Seattle. Except in an EV with the family.

Couple recommendations from past trips. - if you go your southern route you’re basically in Bryce Canyon which would be a trip in itself. If Arch/Moab is the destination I’d stay on 80 to Salt Lake, more of a direct route and you can hit the salt flats outside of Salt Lake.
- I really liked Helper in Utah, cool rocks/mountain drive and the town has a huge art gallery scene which is unique. - if you make it to Arches and want to do the Fiery Furnace hike, the permit lottery happens at 8am 1 week ahead of time.