Wow I appreciate all the feedback

Quote Originally Posted by rob View Post
Move the pieces into the centre of the board, and put some HDRI reflection in. Thatll make it perfect. Wait, even better, put more pieces in the background, so the DOF looks better.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
I could have put other pieces in there and I did consider it a few times, but I liked it this way. I intended it to be a little more "up close and personal" by having them be the only pieces on the board.
So, thats why I had them be the only ones on there. And just to let you know, there is HDRI reflection in place there. That's what the pieces/board are reflecting. I used it for reflection, but I didn't use the HDR probe to light the scene.