Matplotlib 3.0 Cookbook

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The following code block plots an image of a bird six times in two figures, with the default parameters as well as the optional arguments of origin and extent, with different options for each to demonstrate how these arguments influence the orientation of the image:

1. Read the image of a bird (adapted from the Machine Learning course on Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning?action=enroll):

img = plt.imread('bird_small.png')

2. Define a function to plot the image:

def plot(ax, origin, extent, title):    ax.imshow(img, origin=origin, extent=extent)    ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(MultipleLocator(25))    ax.yaxis.set_major_locator(MultipleLocator(25))    ax.set_title(title) 

3. Define the figure, its size, and its layout: ...