not sure what you're expecting? to have both the hoods and drops position to be the same? if so, then get a compact bar.
I find it annoying that on a compact bar, the hoods and drops position feels the same.
If you look at your pic of your brifter placement on the bar, that position is fairly typical for most. When on the hood you're actually almost a full inch forward of the actual bar. On a compact, if you rotate your arm downward from that hood position, you'll come onto the drops without any change in a perceived reach or torso angle. If that's what you want.
I find that the hoods and drop positions should offer a differnt torso position for me, so compact bars are an annoyance.
If you spend 90+% of your time on the hoods, then going into the drops may feel uncomfortable. It's a matter of what your accustomed to. If you make the drops'comfortable' and not improve flexibility and torso strength; then surely the hoods position will feel cramped.
I like traditional round bend bars, full drop. I set up to be 75 to 80+% of the time on the hoods, and 'train' to be comfortable on the drops, when I need max good aerodynamics.
AS for Brifter placement - purely a rider preference. If one has long fingers then moving them further up/back on the bar works fine. If one need sto reduce reach to the levers a bit, further down the bend will help that a bit. 'Correct' is what works for you.