"it was just on the iPhone"

Do you know how many people are killer photographers with just an iPhone? Ok it may not be a huge pool of people, but a respectable number. An iPhone is no different that any other camera; it's merely a tool. Understand it's limitations and uses, and you can do great things. How many terrible pictures are taken by people with to of the line cameras? A Leica does not guarantee a good picture any more than an iPhone a bad picture.

An iPhone is just a fairly wide angle, high depth of field camera (mostly). Light is what matters in photography. The camera is just tool to shape and capture it.