Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ White space above images

[KBriggs]

Hello all,

I am using subfig to put several images together. However, I am getting an enormous amount of whitespace above the image. It seems to be getting moved to the bottom of the page, which is fine, but the space above it is not being filled.

Here is a minimal example:

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\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article} %
\usepackage{graphicx} %
\usepackage{subfig} %
\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
  \centering
  \subfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{images/image1.png}}
  \subfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{images/image2.png}} \\
  \noindent
  \subfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{images/image3.png}}
  \subfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{images/image4.png}}
  \caption{bla bla}
  \label{image}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

Could anyone point me in the right direction? Ideally, I would like maybe a centimeter or two of whitespace above and below the compound image, but not much more than that.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi KBriggs,

you should use placement options for your figure environment, such as

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\begin{figure}[!htbp]
...
\end{figure}

Those options are explained here.

Omit the b option if you dont want the figure to appear at the bottom.

Stefan

[KBriggs]

Much better, thanks very much !