IIf you're having trouble recording or screenshotting the game, Try running it in window mode at screen-resolution
From my experience, the game runs borderless and priority, so running it window works perfectly fine in comparison to fullscreen with it at your desktop's resolution
Me personally again, cannot take screenshots unless I run it in window. Fullscreen just comes up black
That said, The Shield and some other physics items still "flying" are known, its not as prevalent or easy as before this recent version, though.
The trees aren't the only thing that can blur you, if you manage to get your eyes too close to anything, they can become that way, its just easiest with trees that are solid because of size and solidity