# Zoom in Identify Stretches Pic **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Tags:** web, identify, staff-can-replicate\ **Created:** [January 28, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/zoom-in-identify-stretches-pic/75131 "2026-01-28T17:56:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cthawley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/cthawley/32/1445_2.png) [@cthawley](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/cthawley)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/zoom-in-identify-stretches-pic/75131/1 "2026-01-28T17:56:30Z")
**Platform** : Web **App version number** , if a mobile app issue: **Browser** , if a website issue: Chrome, Edge **URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages**: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?reviewed=any&quality\_grade=research&taxon\_id=36391&on=2024%2F02%2F05&user\_id=nothingmajor](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?reviewed=any&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=36391&on=2024%2F02%2F05&user_id=nothingmajor) **Screenshots of what you are seeing** : ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/f/2/f220d113b869505e45a31a7ca340d9927e6b3ae4.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/4/f/4f00e74b8b9de9f746504c751988c12bd2a583a5.jpeg) **Description of problem** : Step 1: Go to observation in Identify link above and click to zoom on pics 1 and 3. Step 2: See pics stretch weirdly on zoom. Pic 2 does not. Step 3: I think that there shouldn’t be any stretching. The pics are pretty small and so should just display at their max size, or, if magnified past their original size, maintain the same proportion. I see some other Zoom-related Bug Reports but couldn’t find anything about proportions changing. I’ve done a lot of IDing but haven’t run into this before. The stretching doesn’t happen in the observation page: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198467820](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198467820) ---
**Author:** ![grampianshiker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/grampianshiker/32/50078_2.png) [@grampianshiker](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/grampianshiker)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/zoom-in-identify-stretches-pic/75131/3 "2026-01-28T18:03:52Z")
I just noticed that on a few observations myself for the first time today. Ironically, they were photos of bugs… (well, hexapods of some sort, anyway!). And the ones I saw were all much more stretched than this (way out of recognition). I just hadn’t got around to reporting. For the record, I was using Firefox on my phone. ---
**Author:** ![cthawley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/cthawley/32/1445_2.png) [@cthawley](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/cthawley)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/zoom-in-identify-stretches-pic/75131/4 "2026-01-28T18:19:51Z")
Can you post any links to specific ones if you find? It often helps to have \>1 example for assessing bugs ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/zoom-in-identify-stretches-pic/75131/5 "2026-01-28T18:47:00Z")
I can replicate, I’ll let our devs know. ---
**Author:** ![grampianshiker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/grampianshiker/32/50078_2.png) [@grampianshiker](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/grampianshiker)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/zoom-in-identify-stretches-pic/75131/6 "2026-01-29T13:15:31Z")
![Screenshot_20260129-184218.Firefox](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/7/1/7105c4b4f85894e1c07135288bdd297ce689566a.jpeg)Just found this as one example, if you still wanted it. [https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/196367958](https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/196367958) ---
**Author:** ![Syndra\_Casper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Syndra\_Casper](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Syndra_Casper)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/zoom-in-identify-stretches-pic/75131/7 "2026-01-30T01:55:07Z")
It’s such a weird bug because it only seems to happen in the Identify modal and not the main observation page. ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/zoom-in-identify-stretches-pic/75131/8 "2026-01-30T19:02:41Z")
This has been fixed. We moved the Identify page to API v2 this week, and this is one of a few bugs related to that. Let us know if you find any more. ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/zoom-in-identify-stretches-pic/75131/9 "2026-01-31T16:00:36Z")
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