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index.html

<div id="row_jumbo">
   <div class="jumbo" style="background-image: url(http://uspave.com/paving-content/parking-lot-asphalt-photos/2014/04/the-future-of-paving.jpg)">
        	<h2>Hover the text.</h2>
        </div>
	</div>

Lens-Blur-frosted-animated-IMAGE-layer-shadow.markdown

Lens Blur frosted animated IMAGE layer/shadow

Not just a blend of a blurry image on top of the sharp one. Say goodbye to the noticeable mix of hard edges of the back image with a ghost of the blurred version on top. Pure CSS, animated. Almos making love to Bootstrap.

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style.css

#row_jumbo {
    /* border-top: solid 3px #c00; */
    padding-top: 0;
	position: relative;
	background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.5);
  font-family: sans-serif;
}
#row_jumbo:before {
	content:"";
	display:block;
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
	right: 0;
	bottom: 0;
	z-index: 3;
    
	/* background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0); */
	transition: box-shadow 1s;
    box-shadow: inset 0 20px 70px rgba(255, 194, 0, 0.31), inset 0 5px 10px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.22);
}
.jumbo h2:before, .jumbo h2:after {
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(0,0,0,0.50) 0%,rgba(0,0,0,0.50) 100%), url(http://uspave.com/paving-content/parking-lot-asphalt-photos/2014/04/the-future-of-paving.jpg);
background-image: linear-gradient(0deg,rgba(0,0,0,0.50) 0%,rgba(0,0,0,0.50) 100%), url(http://uspave.com/paving-content/parking-lot-asphalt-photos/2014/04/the-future-of-paving.jpg);
	}
#row_jumbo:hover:before {
    box-shadow: inset 0 0px 0px rgba(255, 194, 0, 0), inset 0 0px 0px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);
}

body.page-id-21 #header_wrapper {
    height: auto;
}
div.jumbo {
    font-size: 3em;
    max-width: 1200px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    line-height:normal;
	position: relative;
    /* min-height: 300px; */
    display: -webkit-box;
    display: -moz-box;
    display: -ms-flexbox;
    display: -webkit-flex;
    display: flex;
    -webkit-box-direction: normal;
    -moz-box-direction: normal;
    -webkit-box-orient: horizontal;
    -moz-box-orient: horizontal;
    -webkit-flex-direction: row;
    -ms-flex-direction: row;
    flex-direction: row;
    -webkit-flex-wrap: nowrap;
    -ms-flex-wrap: nowrap;
    flex-wrap: nowrap;
    -webkit-box-pack: center;
    -moz-box-pack: center;
    -webkit-justify-content: center;
    -ms-flex-pack: center;
    justify-content: center;
    -webkit-align-content: center;
    -ms-flex-line-pack: center;
    align-content: center;
    -webkit-box-align: center;
    -moz-box-align: center;
    -webkit-align-items: center;
    -ms-flex-align: center;
    
	align-items: center;
    /* background-image defined in the landing-page template */ 
    background-position: center;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    height: 300px;
    /* border-top: solid 3px #c00; */
}
div.jumbo:before {
	content:"";
	display:block;
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
	right: 0;
	bottom: 0;
	background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.5);
	-webkit-transition: background-color 0.5s;
	-moz-transition: background-color 0.5s;
	-o-transition: background-color 0.5s;
	-ms-transition: background-color 0.5s;
	transition: background-color 0.5s;
	/* box-shadow: inset 0 20px 70px rgba(255, 194, 0, 0.31), inset 0 5px 10px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.22); */
	z-index: 1;
}
#row_jumbo:hover .jumbo:before {
	background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0);
	-webkit-transition: background-color 1s ease-in;
	-moz-transition: background-color 1s ease-in;
	-o-transition: background-color 1s ease-in;
	-ms-transition: background-color 1s ease-in;
	transition: background-color 1s ease-in;
}
div.jumbo:after {
	content:"";
	display:block;
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
	right: 0;
	bottom: 0;
    background-image: url(_img/sun.png);
    
	background-position: -198px -30px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
.jumbo h2 {
	padding: 55px;
    color: #FFF;
    
	font-size: 1em;
	position: relative;
	-webkit-box-ordinal-group: 1;
	-moz-box-ordinal-group: 1;
	-webkit-order: 0;
	-ms-flex-order: 0;
	order: 0;
	-webkit-box-flex: 0;
	-moz-box-flex: 0;
	-webkit-flex: 0 1 auto;
	-ms-flex: 0 1 auto;
	flex: 0 1 auto;
	-webkit-align-self: auto;
	-ms-flex-item-align: auto;
	align-self: auto;
	margin: auto;
	/* display: inline; */
	height: auto;
	line-height: normal;
	z-index: 2;
	opacity: 1;
	-webkit-transition: opacity 1s ease-in; 
	-moz-transition: opacit 1s ease-in;
	-o-transition: opacity 1s ease-in;
	-ms-transition: opacity 1s ease-in;
	transition: opacity 1s ease-in;
	text-shadow: 0 0 5px #000, 0 0 7px #000;
	text-align: center;
	max-width: 760px;
}
.page-id-21 #row_jumbo h2 {
	width: 16.5em;}
#row_jumbo:hover h2 {
	opacity: 0;
	-webkit-transition: opacity 0.5s; 
	-moz-transition: opacit 0.5s;
	-o-transition: opacity 0.5s;
	-ms-transition: opacity 0.5s;
	transition: opacity 0.5s;
}
.jumbo h2:before,
.jumbo h2:after {
	/* background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); */
	position: absolute;
	display: block;
	content: "";
	top: 5px;
	left: 5px;
	right: 5px;
	bottom: 5px;
	-webkit-filter: blur(2px);
	-moz-filter: blur(2px);
	-o-filter: blur(2px);
	-ms-filter: blur(2px);
	filter: blur(2px);
    /* background-image defined AND overlay in the landing-page template */ 
	background-position: center;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	z-index: -3;
}
.jumbo h2:after {
	top: 15px;
	left: 10px;
	right: 10px;
	bottom: 10px;	
	-webkit-filter: blur(15px);
	-moz-filter: blur(15px);
	-o-filter: blur(15px);
	-ms-filter: blur(15px);
	filter: blur(15px);
	z-index: -2;
}