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Asker found the full set of photos confirming that it's a landing: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxQOwrukppp5WTlfaEFLTVNzTnc...

Theory vs experiment. More data always wins.

The gear aren't in the process of being retracted in that photo, they have that backward tilt on landing too.

Gear are retracted once a positive rate of climb has been achieved, but not that early.

To add to your comment, the FO watches the speed tape and VSI and calls out events to the captain (V1, V2, rotate, positive rate-gear up).

I looked around on Youtube for some good examples, and this was the best I could find:

The captain keeps a hand on the throttles until V1, and then it is several seconds after takeoff that FO retracts the gear.

That gear is down. The trucks are designed to hang at an angle like that.