Default Taxon Photo crop

[becksnyc]

I submit & identify a lot of Lepidoptera, especially moths. When perusing a family or genus for possible identifications, it would be really helpful if the default taxon photo was cropped square to show the entire insect. Moth photos are pretty standardized (dorsal/lateral), so it’s not hard to find an existing photo that is good quality and cropped square for most species.
With Chrome at 100% (not zoomed in or out), many photos cropped as rectangles cut off parts of the wings critical to identification.
Many of the default photos are locked by the curators, so I wasn’t sure where to make this suggestion.
I use a PC (Chrome) for iNaturalist. So if this does not apply to other platforms, please advise. Thanks

[thomaseverest]

@becksnyc

Many of the default photos are locked by the curators

I’m pretty sure this is not the case. There are a few taxa that are locked, but they are mostly higher level taxa and they are locked by staff, not curators. Any user can edit most taxa by selecting Curation —> Edit Photos from the taxon page. Do you have an instance where you can’t do this?

(Note that there are some extra options for me because I’m a curator.)

[becksnyc]

I just tried a few species and saw the lock symbol on photos. Not so with all species, but I didn’t want to step on any toes.
Here’s an example where the first 3 photos have the lock symbol and are cropped as rectangles.

[becksnyc]

And here’s a screenshot of how Leps look with Chrome at 100%.

[mathieu_h]

The symbol in bottom right corner of these images is not a lock, it’s just a link to the picture. It opens in a new tab for me (on Edge).

[thomaseverest]

Yes, that’s a link symbol, and it’s visible on every photo. You can click the X to remove the photo, or you can add/rearrange photos by dragging.

[mathieu_h]

The photos don’t have to be cropped square. If the crop is not too adjusted to the subject, then it should do the job.

[becksnyc]

Thanks, but are the default icons square, just curious, on all platforms?

[becksnyc]

Sorry, a link, not a lock? Pardon my ignorance, but why is that symbol there?

[thomaseverest]

It links to the photo source and info.

[mathieu_h]

Good question. It’s a square with Edge and Firefox on PC but checking with Safari on my phone, it’s a rectangle with the length horizontal, so I see a larger part of the wings but still not all of it.

[becksnyc]

Thank you for clearing that up for me!