Slices of the ensemble mean density field on a logarithmic scale log (2 + ⟨δ⟩) (upper panels) and the same slices with the SDSS galaxies mapped onto the grid as yellow dots (lower panels). In order to exclude areas of high uncertainty from the analysis we took a distance threshold in the co-moving frame at d_lim ≈ 450 Mpc h^-1. Therefore galaxies above this limit are excluded form the analysis and not depicted.