The Eastern Australian Coast From an iPhone 5s and DSLR

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$Water mountain peak. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/ryanpernofski\">@RyanPernofski</a>$

Water mountain peak. Photo: @RyanPernofski

$Heavy wave plus golden hour equals above shot. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/ryanpernofski\">@RyanPernofski</a>$

Heavy wave plus golden hour equals above shot. Photo: @RyanPernofski

$Heavy wave at spot \"x\". Photo: <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/ryanpernofski\">@RyanPernofski</a>$

Heavy wave at spot "x". Photo: @RyanPernofski

$Lightning hitting a tower, shot with iPhone 5s. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/ryanpernofski\">@RyanPernofski</a>$

Lightning hitting a tower, shot with iPhone 5s. Photo: @RyanPernofski

$Backwards wave. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/ryanpernofski\">@RyanPernofski</a>$

Backwards wave. Photo: @RyanPernofski

$Incoming swell, pre-dawn. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/ryanpernofski\">@RyanPernofski</a>$

Incoming swell, pre-dawn. Photo: @RyanPernofski

$This day my friend and I got caught in a pretty crazy situation trying to come in on a steep rock face. It took us about an hour to finally make it to dry land after battling huge swell hitting against the steep rock face. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/ryanpernofski\">@RyanPernofski</a>$

This day my friend and I got caught in a pretty crazy situation trying to come in on a steep rock face. It took us about an hour to finally make it to dry land after battling huge swell hitting against the steep rock face. Photo: @RyanPernofski

$I love the detail in the lip on this wave. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/ryanpernofski\">@RyanPernofski</a>#texture.$

I love the detail in the lip on this wave. Photo: @RyanPernofski#texture.

$About an hour after this shot someone was hit by a dolphin and broke their hip. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/ryanpernofski\">@RyanPernofski</a>$

About an hour after this shot someone was hit by a dolphin and broke their hip. Photo: @RyanPernofski

$Not a Corona ad. Port Douglas at sunset. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/ryanpernofski\">@RyanPernofski</a>$

Not a Corona ad. Port Douglas at sunset. Photo: @RyanPernofski

$Sunrise wins. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/ryanpernofski\">@RyanPernofski</a>$

Sunrise wins. Photo: @RyanPernofski

$Golden hour is my favourite hour. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/ryanpernofski\">@RyanPernofski</a>$

Golden hour is my favourite hour. Photo: @RyanPernofski

$I often drag my friends out of bed to get some photographs at sunrise down at the beach. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/ryanpernofski\">@RyanPernofski</a>$

I often drag my friends out of bed to get some photographs at sunrise down at the beach. Photo: @RyanPernofski

$Pre-sunrise in the sea. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/ryanpernofski\">@RyanPernofski</a>$

Pre-sunrise in the sea. Photo: @RyanPernofski

$From where I would rather be - in the gold room. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/ryanpernofski\">@RyanPernofski</a>$

From where I would rather be - in the gold room. Photo: @RyanPernofski

$Out at sea. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/ryanpernofski\">@RyanPernofski</a>$

Out at sea. Photo: @RyanPernofski

$Epic sunrise at the ‘Bogey Hole’. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/ryanpernofski\">@RyanPernofski</a>$

Epic sunrise at the ‘Bogey Hole’. Photo: @RyanPernofski

$Some more morning liquid curl. Photo: <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/ryanpernofski\">@RyanPernofski</a>$

Some more morning liquid curl. Photo: @RyanPernofski

I live in one of the most beautiful places in the world: Eastern Australia. I love to take photos, but the trouble is that I do not yet own a DSLR (digital single-lens reflex camera). When I am not able to borrow a camera, I use what I do have – an iPhone 5s. Here is a series of some of my favorite photos taken throughout the past several months on the beautiful, photogenic Eastern Australian Coast. See if you can guess which photos are from an iPhone and which are from a DSLR.

For more of Ryan’s photography, check out his website and follow him on Instagram.

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