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Low-Light & Adverse Weather Smartphone Photo Dataset

Night streets, rain, fog and backlit scenes straight from phone cameras, including paired shots across camera settings.

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On request: this dataset is collected to your specification after you order. Typically 2–4 weeks; rain and fog depend on weather.

Pricing

Fixed prices for standard bundles, collected to your spec. Pick a package and a license to see the exact total, or ask for a custom quote.

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Images5002,000Any quantity
Metadata and topic labels✓Included✓Included✓Included
Human-written captions–Not included✓IncludedOptional
Boxes, masks, transcriptions–Not included–Not includedOptional
Datasheet, license, checksums✓Included✓Included✓Included
Research license$490$0.98 / image$1,490$0.75 / imageQuote
Commercial license$1,250$2.50 / image$3,900$1.95 / imageQuote
Exclusive license$4,900$9.80 / image$14,900$7.45 / imageQuote

How ordering works

  1. 1Choose a package and license, then pay a 50% deposit at checkout.
  2. 2Within 48 hours we confirm the spec and send 10–20 sample photos before full collection.
  3. 3We collect and deliver in parts so you can review early. Typically 2–4 weeks; rain and fog depend on weather.
  4. 4Pay the balance and download the final bundle.

Custom quote

Need another quantity, an Enterprise license or annotations for this topic? Available here:

  • Condition labels
  • Pair/group IDs for paired captures
  • Human-written captions
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Overview

Vision models degrade sharply at night, in rain and against bright backlight, yet these are exactly the conditions where products like dashcams, security cameras and phone cameras must work.

This dataset focuses on difficult capture conditions, and can include paired photos of the same scene taken with different settings (HDR on/off, 1×/2×/5× zoom, night mode on/off) for image-enhancement research.

Sample photos

Real photos from this topic, shown at reduced resolution. Full-resolution samples are emailed on request.

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Technical specifications

Capture device
Modern smartphones (device model recorded per image in EXIF)
File format
JPEG; RAW/DNG where the device supports it
Resolution
Native sensor resolution, typically 12 MP or higher
Conditions
Night, dusk, rain, fog, backlight, mixed artificial light
Paired captures
Optional: same scene across HDR, zoom and night-mode settings
Metadata
metadata.jsonl with device, exposure, timestamp, dimensions, topic labels
Privacy processing
Faces and license plates blurred, GPS removed
License
Research, Commercial, Enterprise or Exclusive

Use cases

  • Image enhancement & denoising

    Train low-light enhancement, denoising and HDR models on real sensor noise.

  • Robust perception

    Stress-test and fine-tune detectors for night, rain and glare.

  • Computational photography

    Paired captures across camera settings for research on phone imaging pipelines.

  • Benchmarking

    Build evaluation sets for real-world adverse conditions.

How this data is collected

  1. 1Captured on a smartphone by a person
  2. 2Duplicates and near-duplicates removed
  3. 3Blurry and broken images filtered out
  4. 4Faces and license plates detected and blurred
  5. 5Every image reviewed by a person
  6. 6GPS stripped; device EXIF kept
  7. 7Labels, captions and metadata.jsonl generated
  8. 8Datasheet and license packaged with the delivery
Read our full process →

Provenance & legal

  • 100% captured by people: no scraping, no generative AI
  • Datasheet documenting collection, processing and limitations
  • Commercial license that lets you keep models trained on the data
  • Supports training-data documentation under the EU AI Act
Licensing options →

Topic-specific notes

  • • Full EXIF exposure data is retained so you can study camera behaviour; only GPS is removed.
  • • Faces and license plates are blurred in all images.

Example metadata record

One line of metadata.jsonl per image. Fields vary with the annotation options you choose; values shown are illustrative.

{
  "id": "llw-000510",
  "file": "images/llw-000510.jpg",
  "topic": "low-light",
  "conditions": [
    "night",
    "rain",
    "neon-light"
  ],
  "pair_group": "llw-g-0102",
  "camera_setting": {
    "night_mode": true,
    "zoom": "1x"
  },
  "device": {
    "make": "Google",
    "model": "Pixel 9"
  },
  "exposure": {
    "iso": 2500,
    "shutter": "1/15",
    "focal_length_mm": 6.9
  },
  "width": 4080,
  "height": 3072,
  "privacy": {
    "faces_blurred": 1,
    "plates_blurred": 2,
    "gps_removed": true
  }
}

Each delivery contains:

low-light-adverse-conditions-v1/
├── images/
├── metadata.jsonl
├── DATASHEET.md
├── LICENSE.pdf
└── checksums.sha256

Frequently asked questions

Do you provide RAW files?

RAW/DNG is available where the capture device supports it. Mention it in your request.

What are paired captures?

Several photos of the same scene taken back-to-back with different camera settings, linked by a shared group ID.

How does payment work for a bundle?

You pay a 50% deposit at checkout and the balance when we deliver the final bundle. Free sample photos are available above before you order, and the deposit is refunded in full if we cannot deliver the agreed spec.

Why is a bundle so much cheaper per image than a single image?

A bundle is planned and collected as one job, so capture, review and privacy processing cost far less per photo. Single images are priced for buyers who need just a few specific photos.

What is the difference between non-exclusive and Exclusive?

With Research or Commercial we may license the photos collected for your order to other buyers later. With Exclusive they are never licensed to anyone else or added to our catalog.

Can I order a different quantity or extra annotations?

Yes. Request a custom quote with the quantity, annotations and deadline you need. Prices per image fall as quantity grows.

Need a variation?

Different angles, lighting, locations, quantity or labels? Describe it and we reply within 48 hours with matching samples and a quote.

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