bit the bullet

The screenshots in the store are from in game; But they're for sure staged. Just like any good photography, The time, The place, The weather, The angle of viewing, What is around you, The position of the sun in the sky relative to everything, the current fog level, the current graphics settings, and more; It all comes together sometimes to make a perfect screenshot. Not every sunrise IRL is amazingly beautiful....But the ones that are, Simply put, are 'Wow.' worthy. There's a lot more that goes into taking a beautiful picture than you might think.

The screenshots in the store are the same- Staged, right place, right time, maxed out resolution for that one shot; God rays are present in game for example, but not visible 100% of the time; they only show up in certain weather conditions/locations/etc

Here's a few user generated screenies from quite awhile back (2020? Mebbe a lil earlier) that demonstrate some god rays/moments of beauty.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2296981063
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2293998595
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2294882995

There's only one thing in all of the screenshots that stands out to me as possibly having been touched up after being taken, and that is the very first one that shows the shock baton; I don't recall it ever lighting up quite like that in game. But I also rarely ever use the shock baton so maybe that's just lack of exposure/attention span on my part.