Photos on contacts are different sizes since iOS8. Is that a bug?

I've had iPhones for a long time. My contacts have all been carried over and everything has worked well untill iOS8 (or is is a Yosemite bug?) I have a macbook pro 2014 with Yosemite and an iPhone5 with iOS8. This is what happens:
I update (and allways have updated) all contacts through my macbooks. This is so I have a small photo of whoever is calling
Like the one above. But now some of these photos cover the whole of the iPhone when these people call me (only a few, not all)
Before, if you added a photo to a contact via the iPhone you got those big photos of your contact. I however never have done this
Is it a bug? Has iOS8 suddenly decided that my wifes face should be big (lol) but not my sisters?
Seriosly though. Is this a known issue? Waht can I do to changee this? Is it because the photo is "too big" (over 224Kb) for iOS8 to
keep it small. I am out of things to try ... Need the small contact pics back please
//Nik

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However, if you are using a second service for syncing contacts, you need some little extra work.
First things to do:
1. When You sync contacts via iCloud you must disable the sync via iTunes.
2. Check Address Book Preferences > Account to see if it syncs only with iClud or also with Google

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