Unbelievable Photographs Taken by iPhone Users

[Carmen Elsa Irarragorri Wyland]

Most people tend to believe that you need a giant, fancy and expensive camera to come up with photographs of this caliber. However all of these were successful entrants in this year's iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS), racking up various domestic prizes from all over the globe. Frankly all of them are stunning, but the most important lesson I take from them is the inspiration that I can capture pictures like these with my trusty little smart phone too - and so can you! Which of these is your favorite?

1st Place (Animals): Erica Wu, San Francisco, CA, USA

1st Place (Travel): Fugen Xiao, Guangdong, China

2nd Place (Sunset): Yongmei Wang, Chongqing, China

Grand Prize: Siyuan Niu, Xinjiang, China

3rd Place (Animals): Junbiao Cai, Gunagdong, China

1st Place (Architecture): Jian Wang, Beijing, China

3rd Place (Travel): Shiyang Han, Beijing, China

1st Place (People): Xia Zhenaki, Guangdong, China

1st Place (Trees): Victor Kintanar, Cebu City, Philippines

1st Place (Flowers): Lone Bjorn, Zurich, Switzerland

3rd Place (Abstract): Jinsong Hu, Kunming, China

2nd Place (Landscape): Nazaret Sanchez Rodriguez, Tarragona, Spain

1st Place (Nature): Junfeng Wang, Shanghai, China

1st Place (Food): Andrew Montgomery, Hampton Wick, United Kingdom

1st Place (Sunset): Nick Ryan, Sydney, Australia

1st Place (Portrait): Elaine Taylor, United Kingdom

3rd Place (Lifestyle): Rithwik V.J., Tamil Nadu, India

3rd Place (Photographer of the Year): Carolyn Mara Borlenghi, Florida, USA

1st Place (Children): K.K., Changsha, China

1st Place (Still Life): Wen Qi, Guangdong, China

1st Place (Photographer of the Year): Patryk Kuleta, Warsaw, Poland

[Carmen Elsa Irarragorri Wyland]

You are welcome, Janet, my thoughts were precisely the same, my cellular is a dumb phone, nor a smart one, and it does not know how to take photos... of course, neither do I, LOL.