Those are nice! There was an excellent report on ChessBase about a photographer who liked to use natural light. Amazing work!

I have a few amateur shots from recent tournaments...

Jamaica 2004 (after a Simutowe 14-board simul... one loss at the end)

http://www.thechessdrum.net/tournaments/HaroldChan04/photos/thelonewin.jpg

World Open 2005

http://www.thechessdrum.net/tournaments/WorldOpenGallery2005/BoardView2.jpg

http://www.thechessdrum.net/tournaments/WorldOpenGallery2005/BoardView3.jpg

http://www.thechessdrum.net/tournaments/WorldOpenGallery2005/Blitz1.jpg

I like these shots almost if I were a rook standing on i3 or i9. Interesting. How did you make the Bird's eye shot? By standing on the table?

Here is a weird chess set:

http://phallicchessset.com/ThePieces.html

(Don't go there if you are easily offended. The URL says it all...)

What I did was extend my arm as high over the board as possible! I then zoomed out to get the widest angle.

There was another crazy shot I wanted to do at HB Global but I couldn't get up on the rafters! (smile)

I often post links to chess related photos, though I generally shoot for "interesting" or "different" rather than "nice" (not that there is anything wrong with "nice"). Here are a few of the recent selections:

http://boylston-chess-club.blogspot.com/2005/08/topless-chess.html
http://boylston-chess-club.blogspot.com/2005/08/c-player.html
http://boylston-chess-club.blogspot.com/2005/07/taking-rest-after-tough-game.html

Don't care for the phallic pieces. That's a bit "out there."

Nice shots here by Fred Lucas.

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2191