I don't see what you mean that it is not edited that lensflare looks definatly added and the plane(though I do not think it makes it look any better) but it does not look like it was always like that!
the reason i put lighting effects on the plane is because in flight sim 2004 the sun was behind the camera so the plane was lit up ALOT and much lighter than it is in that pic. So i used the magic wand to select all of the plane and not the sky and used a lighting effect filter to make the plane look black because it was back lit slightly by the sun. :)
P4 running Windows XP PRO ATI Radeon 9800 XT Athlon XP 3.4 ghz 2048 mb ram . . . i wish