A long time ago (1987 ) I did some flying for a movie called "Nowhere to Hide"
I saw all the film we shot and there were some great shots. One shot of a helicopter flying over a glassy water lake with clouds and helicopter reflected below on the mirror like lake surface was a thing of beauty.
Most of the stuff that made it into the movie were the mediocre first takes and none of the really good stuff made it into the finished product.
Blame it on the film editors I guess.
I wish I could get copies of all the stuff that ended up on the cutting room floor.