No selfies here, just the best iPhone photos of 2016
While you're working on the perfect shot of your cappuccino, others are using their iPhones to take award-winning images.
The best of these photographs have been announced at the 2016 iPhone Photography Awards, the ninth year of the competition. Thousands of entries were submitted from 139 different countries, with awards given out in 19 different categories.
Australians took out awards in the Sunset, Panorama and Others category, but the grand prize went to Siyuan Niu of China for an entry called "The Man and the Eagle."
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Photos can be taken on any iPhone or iPad, with add-on lenses also allowed. Using a desktop image processing program like Photoshop is prohibited, but iOS apps like VSCO are permitted. Here are this year's best.
Photographer of the Year grand prize: Siyuan Niu, China
Titled "Man and his Eagle," Niu's shot is of a Khalkha Mongol, part of a group who live along the mountains in the south of Xinjang, China.
"They regard eagles as their children and train them for many years to hunt. This 70 year old man is rigid and solemn in front of family and friends, but when he is with his beloved eagle, the corner of his mouth would curve up," Niu said in a statement.
Photographer of the Year first place: Patryk Kuleta, Poland
Photographer of the Year second place: Robin Robertis, U.S.
Photographer of the Year third place: Carolyn Mara Borlenghi, U.S.
Abstract: Jiayu Ma, U.S.
Animals: Erica Wu, U.S.
Architecture: Jian Wang, China
Children: K K, China
Flowers: Lone Bjørn, Switzerland
Food: Andrew Montgomery, UK
Landscape: Vasco Galhardo Simoes, Portugal
Lifestyle: Yuki Cheung, Hong Kong
Nature: Junfeng Wang, China
News/Events: Loulou d'Aki, Sweden
Others: Kevin Casey, Australia
Panorama: Glenn Homann, Australia
People: Xia Zhenkai, China
Portrait: Elaine Taylor, UK
Seasons: Valencia Tom, U.S.
Still Life: Wen Qi, China
Sunset: Nicky Ryan, Australia
Travel: Fugen Xiao, China
Trees: Victor Kintanar, Philippines
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