The zoom blur effect was added by me, thanks for the encouragement, I will do some more soon. Please also tell me which bits of the photos you think work well.
Ok, I have just added Final Encounter, and I have created Imperial Might II which has not got the blur. I am going to take some ground pictures but there rarely are spectator servers and the ones that are are mostly space.
I am also looking into a few ways to improve general picture quality.
Lens flares are a pretty big sign of 'I'm trying to make this photoshop look cool with little effort'. While they fit in decently well in the context of space, they still look a bit..amateurish, and I would have kept with the nice contrast of lighting already in the game.