Here is a higher quality version of this image. Credit to a Wisconsin photographer who went by the name of "A Regular Tom Sawyer" on Tumblr (but has since deleted their account) and took this in 2015.
Over hereu/freezway gave an in-depth explanation of how this image happened. The TLDR is:
tl;dr: It's a mechanical rolling shutter causing this effect, not electronic rolling shutter. You could take this shot with film and get the same effect.
The-Fezatron on October 1st, 2021 at 12:43 UTC »
This has been reposted so many times it hurts
Spartan2470 on October 1st, 2021 at 14:13 UTC »
Here is a higher quality version of this image. Credit to a Wisconsin photographer who went by the name of "A Regular Tom Sawyer" on Tumblr (but has since deleted their account) and took this in 2015.
Over here u/freezway gave an in-depth explanation of how this image happened. The TLDR is:
avi8tor on October 1st, 2021 at 16:38 UTC »
* When you repost a photograph of a frog at the moment it activates its repostdrive