Flipping an image with reflect tool creates long bounding box

To resolve the issue of a too-long bounding box after reflecting an image in Adobe Illustrator, you can use a workaround by resetting the bounding box. To do this, you can follow these steps:

1. Right-click on the reflected image to select it.
2. From the context menu, choose "Transform".
3. From the "Transform" submenu, select "Reset Bounding Box".

This should reset the bounding box of the image to its proper size and shape.

Saw the same thing after I moved the photo around a little;

a cartoon magnet lurking just below the artboards.,,,

Could indesign be a better tool for the task?

Can you show before and after?

How do you select that image? Is it embedded or linked?

WHen was your last computer restart?

What happens when you close and reopen the file? It might make sense to save it as a different version, just in case your file got corrupted.