.carousel {
  margin: auto;

 max-width: 1000px;
 font-family: sans-serif;
 position: relative;
}
.carousel-item img {
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  display: block;
}
.carousel-nav {
  position: absolute;
  top:  0;
  z-index: 4;
  width: 100%;

}
.carousel-nav a {
  text-decoration: none;
  font-size: .8em;
  background: #fff;
  color: #333;
  opacity: .8;
  padding: .5em;
  position: absolute;
/*  bottom:  0;*/
  font-weight: bold;
/*  height: 447px;*/
}
.carousel-nav a:first-child {
  left: 0;
}
.carousel-nav a:last-child {
  right: 0;
}
.carousel-nav-paginated .carousel-active-page a {
  background: #333;
  color: #fff;
  opacity: .8;
}

 .captions {
    position: absolute;
    width: 520px;
    height: 70px;
    top: 310px;
    left: 430px;
    z-index: 5;
    font-size: 1.3em;
    border-left: 10px solid #ed252a;
    margin: 1.3em;
    vertical-align: middle;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 1.5em .5em .5em .5em;     
    opacity: .9;
    background-color: #efefef;
    font-style: italic;
    -moz-box-shadow: -5px 5px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.24);
    -webkit-box-shadow: -5px 5px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.24);
   box-shadow: -5px 5px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.24);

  }
/*.captions p {

  vertical-align: middle;
  text-align: center;
}*/