While you're working on th? lo?i phim sexthe 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.
SEE ALSO: This is 2016's best travel photograph, says National GeographicAustralians 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
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable 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
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Photographer of the Year second place: Robin Robertis, U.S.
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Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Animals: Erica Wu, U.S.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Architecture: Jian Wang, China
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Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Flowers: Lone Bjørn, Switzerland
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Food: Andrew Montgomery, UK
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Landscape: Vasco Galhardo Simoes, Portugal
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Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Panorama: Glenn Homann, Australia
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable People: Xia Zhenkai, China
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Portrait: Elaine Taylor, UK
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Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Still Life: Wen Qi, China
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Sunset: Nicky Ryan, Australia
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Travel: Fugen Xiao, China
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Trees: Victor Kintanar, Philippines
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