function node_images_gallery_thickbox($node) {
  if (empty($node->node_images)) {
    drupal_set_message(t('No images uploaded for this content.'));
    if (user_access('create node images') && node_access('update', $node)) {
      $output = t('Click <a href="!url">here</a> to upload new images.', array('!url' =>   url('node/'.$node->nid.'/images')));
    }
    return '<p>'.$output.'</p>';
  }
    $node->node_images = (count($node->node_images) > 1) ? array_slice($node->node_images, 1) : array();
print "START";
print_r( $node->node_images);
print "STOP";
  foreach ($node->node_images as $id=>$image) {
    $output .= '<a href="'.file_create_url($image->filepath).'" class="thickbox" rel="'.$node->title.'" title="'.$image->description.'"></a>';
  }
  return '<div id="thickbox_image_gallery" style="display:none;">'.$output.'</div>';
}

function theme_node_images_view($node, $teaser, $page, $format = NULL) {
  if (arg(2) == 'image_gallery' || empty($node->node_images)) return;

  $output = '';
  $i = 0;

  // set maximum number of images for teaser/body
  $view = ($teaser ? 'teaser' : 'body');
  $count = variable_get('node_images_'.$view.'_images_'.$node->type, 2);
  if (isset($count) && $count === 0) return;
  if (!$format) {
    $format = variable_get('node_images_'.$view.'_format_'.$node->type, 'thumbs');
  }

  foreach((array)$node->node_images as $id=>$image) {
    $description = check_plain($image->description);
    $pattern = '<img src="%path" alt="%description" />';
    $thumb = strtr($pattern, array('%path'=>file_create_url($image->thumbpath), '%description'=>$description));
    $fullsize = strtr($pattern, array('%path'=>file_create_url($image->filepath), '%description'=>$description));

    if ($info = getimagesize($image->filepath)) {
      $width = $info[0] + 36;
      $height = $info[1] + 36;
    }
    else {
      $width = 420;
      $height = 315;
    }

    if ($format == 'thumbs') {
      $output .= '<a href="'.file_create_url($image->filepath).'" title="'.$description.'" class="thickbox" rel="'.$node->title.'" >'.$thumb.'</a> '.' ';
    }
    else {
      $output .= $fullsize.' ';
    }   
 if ($count>0 && ++$i >= $count) break;
  }
$output .= node_images_gallery_thickbox($node);
  return $output;
}