April 2012 FRF Raptor of the Month Contest...:"LANDMARKS":...

[RaptorRexCullen]

way to go oregonSVT!

 

[Humvee21]

Can't decide...

 

[BOJANGLES]

This is tough! You guys are REALLY stepping up these photo contests. Bravo.

I'm gonna let my decision marinate for a while.

 

[Badrap]

Ducatisps got mine. Tizzle was a close second for me though.

Ha! The bridge to South Dallas?

 

[whtrapta]

Oregon got mine. The pic was just so well done and a very unique "landmark"

 

[AngryBird]

Pretty tough but I had to vote for RAPTILE. Burj Khalifa is badass.

 

[Baldwin09]

kept the love in the CO phyguy got mine

 

[Mayhem]

Tough call...a much better turn out for this months contest ! Glad to see more participation. And already looking forward to next months contest. (err this months?)

That Khalifa tower pic is pretty rad... And theres something to be said about a picture of a Ford Raptor with that in the background.. hehe

The Tower was finished during the big economic crisis (poor timing) and was part of a multi billion dollar development which required billions of dollars in bailout money from.... Folk rich off of "Oil money". (Also worth noting, that a handful of Americans had very significant roles in the design and creation of this structure).

And the Raptor was being created by Ford who survived without bail money and took a gamble on a very niche project which succeeded. And Ford survived ! woo

Also funny that Raptor owners are pretty big fuel consumers... And definately helpin the Oil rich get richer. So that Raptor certainly symbolizes more than a cool truck in that image. All part of a relevant cycle of all kinds of complex influences.

Question of the day.. How many Raptor's life-spans on the road would it take to finance the Burj Khalifa's bailout debt!

Anyway... sorry for the rant I've just been reading up on some of the landmarks you folk have posted up to get a little more educated on what exactly I am looking at because I am having a difficult time picking based just on photographs.... Theres a handful in there that I think are really awesome. So I thought doing some reading might help sway me.

I really like the nature ones too, because of the whole Nature vs Machine appeal... Old vs Modern.. And The Raptor in it's intended elements... winning wherever it goes.

I like the implied "story" of an image with a mans truck in the wilderness. Those kinds of images are what sell trucks to guys like us.. lol

I may not know who I'm picking yet... But I know some of these pictures could be making Ford and the Oil bandits a few bucks!! Helping to push people on the fence overboard and into the Raptor owner club.

Kudos to the organizers of this particular contest too.. I think this months was very interesting... real eye opener to the diversity of various elements and places and heritage/history that the various Raptor owners on here are exposed to and unleashing these beasts in..

 

[RAPTILE]

Oregon got mine, but I am irked at myself. I had a seller idea and never found myself thinking about it at the right time to do anything about it. Another day I guess. And, I might say that while I like Oregon's best, I think Raptile and Steele both had some darned cool backdrops. Just something about that old ship got me.

Maybe it has something to do with a piece of marine equipment that's stuck on land

 

[swoop1156]

Damn, it's Raptile or 'Tizz for me... I have to look at them again later. Damn!