The position of the camera is not the problem, it's the field of view that you have set. Normal is 60 degrees if you raise it it pushes the center of the picture back and pulls the sides in so more of the scene is in view but it gives sort of a fish-eye view. Although that could be the effect you were going for. As for the blue tint, it's called colored perspective. Basically as objects get further away from your camera (in the real world) they take on a more blueish color. This can be adjusted in the sky lab.