Latex: Text cannot be placed below image

Question

I love latex! But sometimes, it does not love me... I'm having a problem with an image and some text. I have this code:

Some text...\\

\begin{figure}[ht]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{picture.jpg}
\caption{The caption}   
\label{fig:picture}
\end{figure}

Some more text...

Basically, I want this:

Some text. (Above image in the code)
[end of page / new page]
image
Some more text. (Below the image in the code)
[start of new section]

But, what the above code gives me is this:

Some text. (Above image in the code)
Some more text. (Below the image in the code)
[end of page / new page]
image
[start of new section]

Latex insists on putting everything but a new section above the image even though its below the image in the code. Its probably because the image floats on top - but whats my alternative? There's not enough space on the first page to display the image there, to I cannot use [h] as the float-alignment.

I can "hack it", by creating an empty new section, like \section*{}, but this creates some white-space, which looks weird. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

If you really need to have the figure in that place, use the float package:

In the preamble:

\usepackage{float}

then, in the text:

Some text...

\begin{figure}[H]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[scale=0.75]{picture.jpg}
  \caption{The caption}   
  \label{fig:picture}
\end{figure}

Some more text...

Even though, is more preferable to let LaTeX place the floats.

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Another way to do the same thing is by using the caption package.

In the preamble:

\usepackage{caption}

then, in the text:

Some text...

\begin{center}
  \includegraphics[scale=0.75]{picture.jpg}\\
  \caption{figure}[LOF entry]{The caption}   
  \label{fig:picture}
\end{center}

Some more text...