# Makie contourf behaviour depends on levels type
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-contourf-behaviour-depends-on-levels-type/82769
**Category:** Visualization
**Tags:** question, makie
**Created:** [June 14, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-contourf-behaviour-depends-on-levels-type/82769 "2022-06-14T17:36:28Z")
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### Author:  [@LaurentPlagne](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LaurentPlagne)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-contourf-behaviour-depends-on-levels-type/82769/1 "2022-06-14T17:36:28Z")
Hi,
The look of Makie contourf changes when I pass an Int level (levels=10) or a range (levels=
levels = -0.75:0.25:0.5) as one can see on the documentation.
[https://makie.juliaplots.org/stable/examples/plotting\_functions/contourf/](https://makie.juliaplots.org/stable/examples/plotting_functions/contourf/)
The later add a white space around the contour).
Is it intentional ? I can I remove this space ?
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### Author:  [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-contourf-behaviour-depends-on-levels-type/82769/2 "2022-06-14T18:37:32Z")
It’s because manual levels can result in round shapes that don’t look good with tight limits. You can call `tightlimits!(ax)` to achieve the same
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### Author:  [@LaurentPlagne](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LaurentPlagne)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/makie-contourf-behaviour-depends-on-levels-type/82769/3 "2022-06-14T19:10:02Z")
Thank a lot @jules !