import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.image as mpimg import numpy as np fig = plt.figure() a=fig.add_subplot(1,2,1) img = mpimg.imread('../_static/stinkbug.png') lum_img = img[:,:,0] imgplot = plt.imshow(lum_img) a.set_title('Before') plt.colorbar(ticks=[0.1,0.3,0.5,0.7], orientation ='horizontal') a=fig.add_subplot(1,2,2) imgplot = plt.imshow(lum_img) imgplot.set_clim(0.0,0.7) a.set_title('After') plt.colorbar(ticks=[0.1,0.3,0.5,0.7], orientation='horizontal')