{
final PlotModel model = new PlotModel();
final PlotOptions plotOptions = new PlotOptions();
// add tick formatter to the options
plotOptions.setXAxisOptions( new AxisOptions().setMinimum( -8 ).setMaximum( 4 ) );
plotOptions.setYAxisOptions( new AxisOptions().setMinimum( -8 ).setMaximum( 4 ) );
// create a series
SeriesHandler handlerImage = model.addSeries( "Image series" );
handlerImage.getSeries().setSeriesOptions( SeriesType.IMAGE, new ImageSeriesOptions().setShow( true ).setAlpha(0.5) );
handlerImage.add( new ImageDataPoint( "images/hs-2004-27-a-large_web.jpg", -2, -2, 2, 2 ) );