This had me wondering too. I remember getting that thrasher when it came out and to this day it's one of my favorite covers, but then it looked really different in the video. And now, seeing these two next to each other it is really odd how different they look. Aside from the fact that the cover photo was slightly tilted, which is not an unheard of thing to do for spots like this--I've seen it done in videos too--, Rowley looks a lot smaller/the bank and bushes look a lot bigger in the photo compared to the video still.
That said it still is one of my favorite covers I've ever seen.