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These were shot over Florida with the Mega earth scenery. One is a Cessna 414 and the other is an Aero Commander.

Very nice... ...
...but all that scenery down below looks as though its been flattened by a giant meteorite from outer space.... ....!

...Photographic scenery?....

Paul.... ...!

Actually, from 5K up it looks pretty good. Unfortunately, I like my sim flying down low to look at the scenery. At least in places where microsoft included decent 3D objects like up north and out west. I guess they thought us hicks from down south wouldn't notice the difference.

Cool shots.....I'm a fan of the Aero Commander myself

Concerning your shots.......try zooming out a little and pause your sim to let the scenery clear up before you "shoot"
Also, many models don't come with external views. These views, for me, are essential to getting interesting angles.

These are the views I add to all my aircraft.

[CameraDefinition.0]
Title = "Front View"
Guid = {0ae3f864-da10-4e5a-977c-b9bba47d6f7a}
Description = Front View
Origin = Center
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = FALSE
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = FALSE
Track = None
ShowAxis = FALSE
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = 0.75
ShowWeather = Yes
InitialXyz = -4, 1, 43
InitialPbh = 5, 0, 180
XyzAdjust = TRUE
Category=Aircraft
MomentumEffect=TRUE
ClipMode=Minimum
xyzRate=5.0

[CameraDefinition.1]
Title = "Landing Gear"
Guid = {96873AAD-621B-4C45-8A58-DEF7B7FCB051}
Description = View of the landing gear and left wing flaps
Origin = Center
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = FALSE
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = FALSE
Track = None
ShowAxis = FALSE
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = .58
ShowWeather = Yes
InitialXyz = -8.5, -4, -15
InitialPbh = 0, 0, 34
XyzAdjust = TRUE
Category=Aircraft
MomentumEffect=TRUE
ClipMode=Minimum
xyzRate=5.0

[CameraDefinition.2]
Title = "Tail"
Guid = {5c1df273-034b-4e7f-953a-9d5e26f1646c}
Description = Looking forward from behind the aircraft
Origin = Center
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = FALSE
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = FALSE
Track = None
ShowAxis = FALSE
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = .60
ShowWeather = Yes
InitialXyz = -10, 0.0, -75.0
InitialPbh = 5, 0, 0
XyzAdjust = TRUE
Category=Aircraft
MomentumEffect=TRUE
ClipMode=Minimum
xyzRate=5.0

[CameraDefinition.3]
Title = "Right Wing"
Guid = {C690EAFD-223A-42d0-99E0-681ADF93BB59}
Description = View from the right wing tip looking at the cockpit
Origin = Center
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = FALSE
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = FALSE
Track = None
ShowAxis = FALSE
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = 0.5
ShowWeather = Yes
InitialXyz = 41, -5, -14.0
InitialPbh = -6, 0, 281
XyzAdjust = TRUE
Category=Aircraft
MomentumEffect = FALSE
ClipMode=Minimum
xyzRate=5.0

[CameraDefinition.4]
Title = "Left Wing"
Guid = {f25dfa2e-fd2e-4b89-81e2-0575cbcb60de}
Description = View from the left wing tip looking at the cockpit
Origin = Center
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = FALSE
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = FALSE
Track = None
ShowAxis = FALSE
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = 0.5
ShowWeather = Yes
;InitialXyz = -35, 0, 35
;InitialPbh = 0, 0, 140
InitialXyz = -38, -5, -14.0
InitialPbh = -6, 0, 80
XyzAdjust = TRUE
Category=Aircraft
MomentumEffect = No
ClipMode=Minimum
[glow]xyzRate=5.0[/glow]

If you are unfamiliar with aircraft cfg. editing we'll give you a step by step

Then it's just a matter of moving the camera with the Shift+Enter/Backspace for up/down, Ctrl+Shift+Enter/Backspace right/left and Ctrl+Enter/Backspace for forward/back