[Tex/LaTex] How to make a figure leave less space from top

Question

I have 2 columns in a beamer frame. The first one on the left contains a picture while the second, on the right, an enumerate.

    \begin{column}{0.5\textwidth}
                \begin{figure}
                \centering
                \includegraphics[width=4cm]{java5.pdf}
                \caption{Our own test of downsampling}
                \label{fig:3}
                \end{figure}
        \end{column}

the figure looks akwardly to start 5% of frame size below the same level enumerate starts in neighboring column.

How to get them to same level?

Answer 1

If you want to optically align a figure with a displayed list you may need manual tweaking, for example \vspace*{-1cm} just after \begin{figure} would move it up.