This photographer spent 45 years chasing birds - here's the gear he swears by

Rainbow Lorikeet Nikon D810 w/ Nikkor 400mm F2.8 + 2.0x TC | F8 | 1400 sec | ISO 3600Photo: Lance Blackburn If there's any class of creatures that deserves to be captured on camera in all its glory, it's birds. There are at least 11,000 known bird species across the planet and just as wide a variety of colors, sizes and shapes. As seen in the image above of the Rainbow Lorkeet, many birds carry intense and vibrant beauty across their feathers. Birds are a group of maniraptoran theropod d...