Any aides for taking glamorous shots in-game?

Hey all

I have been working really hard to take some screenshots of some really great sights for my server. Right now I'm running Optifine on Extreme draw distance and some shaders running around and "drawing" the backdrop for my scene then taking pictures. This is a great way to get long far shots but it can glitch from time to time and clear completely, requiring me to do it again.

Here's an example. I would have liked the draw distance to go even farther but I used up a lot of resources...

Any aides for taking glamorous shots in-game?