Sky–cloud images obtained from ground-based sky cameras are usually captured using a fish-eye lens with a wide field of view. However, the sky exhibits a large variation in the scene luminance. In most cases, the circumsolar region is overexposed, and the regions near the horizon are underexposed. In this paper, we propose HDRCloudSeg – an effective method for cloud segmentation using high-dynamic-range (HDR) imaging. We describe the entire process and also release a new database.