I think iNat reduces resolution on photos in order to save on server costs - it’s a small nonprofit paying to store a lot of data. The best solution is to crop photos on your own computer and then upload the cropped photos to iNat. See this discussion: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/a-simple-way-to-save-inat-money-cropping-compiling-images/20462
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