2.6.8.6. Display a Racoon Face

An example that displays a racoon face with matplotlib.

import scipy as sp
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

f = sp.datasets.face(gray=True)

plt.figure(figsize=(10, 3.6))

plt.subplot(131)
plt.imshow(f, cmap=plt.cm.gray)

plt.subplot(132)
plt.imshow(f, cmap=plt.cm.gray, vmin=30, vmax=200)
plt.axis('off')

plt.subplot(133)
plt.imshow(f, cmap=plt.cm.gray)
plt.contour(f, [50, 200])
plt.axis('off')

plt.subplots_adjust(wspace=0, hspace=0., top=0.99, bottom=0.01, left=0.05,
                    right=0.99)
plt.show()