Recreating Tunnicliffe’s Stonechats
Ever since I discovered Stonechats and Charles Tunnicliffe’s portrait of them, I’ve wanted to reproduce his painting in a photograph. Here’s the full story:
I’m out at Aylesbeare Common when I see one on fresh coconut-scented Gorse. This is the image I’m looking to recreate:
![Brooke Bond - Bird Portraits - Tunnicliffe](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Brooke-Bond-Bird-Portraits-5008-326x725.jpg)
And this is the image I get:
![Male Stonechat - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Male-Stonechat-The-Hall-of-Einar--484x725.jpg)
It’s important in life to know when something’s ‘good-enough’, isn’t it? I have a feeling that Tunnicliffe wouldn’t have given up so easily.