Bad spacing of table inside subfigure

Question

I have a figure setup as follows:

\begin{figure*}[t!]
\centering
\subfigure[Part 1]
{
   \includegraphics*[totalheight=2in,origin=c]{ost100}
}
\subfigure[Part 2]
{
   \includegraphics*[totalheight=2in,origin=c]{bay}
}
\subfigure[Part 3]
{
   \small
   \begin{tabular}{| l | c | r | r | } \hline
   {...}
   \hline
   \end{tabular}
}
\caption{The main experiment.\label{f:main}}
\end{figure*}

For some reason, my table ends up shifted far below the images in part 1 and 2, with about a 1/2 inch margin above it. Shrinking the images doesn't change this. Any idea what is going wrong and how to fix it?

Answer 1

The tabular environment accepts an optional parameter for alignment with respect to the current line.

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[includeheadfoot,margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{subfig}

\begin{document}
  \begin{figure*}[!ht]
    \centering
    \subfloat[Part 1]{%
      \includegraphics*[totalheight=1in,origin=c]{ost100}
    }
    \subfloat[Part 2]{%
      \includegraphics*[totalheight=1in,origin=c]{bay}
    }
    \subfloat[Part 3]{%
      \small
      \begin{tabular}[b]{|l|r|} \hline
        Table head & Table head \\ \hline
        Some Values & Some Values \\
        Some Values & Some Values \\
        Some Values & Some Values \\
        Some Values & Some Values \\
        Some Values & Some Values \\ \hline
      \end{tabular}
    }
    \caption{The main experiment.}\label{fig:main}
  \end{figure*}
\end{document}

Note that the example uses the subfig package instead oth the obsolete subfigure (see comments).

The demo option for the graphicx package was necessary because your graphics files where not present. Just drop it later.

Answer 2

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{subfig}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure*}[!ht]
\centering
\subfloat[Part 1]{\includegraphics*[width=0.3\linewidth]{ost100}}\hfill
\subfloat[Part 2]{\includegraphics*[width=0.3\linewidth]{bay}}   \hfill
\subfloat[Part 3]{\small
   \begin{tabular}[b]{| l | c | r | r | } \hline
    foo&bar&baz&foo \\\hline
    foo&bar&baz&foo \\\hline
    foo&bar&baz&foo \\\hline
   \end{tabular}}
\caption{The main experiment.\label{f:main}}
\end{figure*}

\end{document}