.thumb-container {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
}

.thumb-image {
  display: block;
  width: 95%;
  height: auto;
  margin-left: 2.5%;
  padding-bottom: 10px;
}

.thumb-overlay {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  background-color: #cc6633;
  overflow: hidden;
  width: 95%;
  margin-left: 2.5%;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  height: 0;
  opacity: 0.85;
  filter: alpha(opacity=85); /* For IE8 and earlier */
  transition: .5s ease;
}

.thumb-container:hover .thumb-overlay {
  height: 96.75%;
}

.thumb-text {
  font-family: 'Open Sans Condensed','Arial Narrow', serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: 25px;
  white-space: nowrap; 
  color: white;
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  -ms-transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}