Figure is put in the center of the page

Question

I made a figure containing subfigures, but it keeps appearing in a whole page, so lots of white space. I don't know why. This picture explains what i mean:

problem

This is the code used:

\clearpage
\begin{figure*}[t]
\centering
\subfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=.33\linewidth]{../Hussein/MatFiles/Lights/k640_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms/k640_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms_no_of_levels}}
\subfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=.33\linewidth]{../Hussein/MatFiles/Lights/k640_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms/k640_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms_entropy}}
\subfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=.33\linewidth]{../Hussein/MatFiles/Lights/k640_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms/k640_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms_mean}}
\subfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=.33\linewidth]{../Hussein/MatFiles/Lights/x640_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms/x640_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms_no_of_levels}}
\subfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=.33\linewidth]{../Hussein/MatFiles/Lights/x640_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms/x640_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms_entropy}}
\subfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=.33\linewidth]{../Hussein/MatFiles/Lights/x640_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms/x640_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms_mean}}\\
\subfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=.33\linewidth]{../Hussein/MatFiles/Lights/x320_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms/x320_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms_no_of_levels}}
\subfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=.33\linewidth]{../Hussein/MatFiles/Lights/x320_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms/x320_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms_entropy}}
\subfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=.33\linewidth]{../Hussein/MatFiles/Lights/x320_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms/x320_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms_mean}}
\subfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=.33\linewidth]{../Hussein/MatFiles/Lights/x320_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms/x320_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms_mean}}
\subfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=.33\linewidth]{../Hussein/MatFiles/Lights/x320_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms/x320_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms_mean}}
\subfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=.33\linewidth]{../Hussein/MatFiles/Lights/x320_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms/x320_Sensor_Lights_On_1000mm-pgms_mean}}
\caption{aaa}
\label{fig:rulascore}
\end{figure*}

Have you seen How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX? — Qrrbrbirlbel, Apr 13 '13 at 04:02
I've quickly went through it. Is it a problem with the code itself or a simple trick will solve this? — Tak, Apr 13 '13 at 04:06
If you're using \clearpage, then it will internally start a new page, and using only a float on that page, causes it to be vertically centred as you showed. What do you have other than this figure in your code? Is there anything following it? Is it at the end of a chapter? Also, why are you using figure*? — Werner, Apr 13 '13 at 04:14
Yes there are other pics and text after it. I'm using figure* as i want it to stretch in a 2 columns page. — Tak, Apr 13 '13 at 04:38
@user1460166: So remove the \clearpage and see what happens. — Werner, Apr 13 '13 at 05:15
@user1460166 Don’t forget to upvote answers that helped you! (At all your questions) — doncherry, Apr 13 '13 at 06:16

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 13 '13 at 05:19

3

What about changing

\begin{figure*}[t]

to \begin{figure*}[t!]? It overrides some internal LaTeX parameters, giving more flexibility.

answered Apr 13 '13 at 05:19

Przemysław Scherwentke

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Figure is put in the center of the page

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