Resolved need to make images hide behind curve of background

[Tim@DIM]

Hello all,

i am trying to recreate (with normal html/css/js) a website that i had originally build using a CMS.

I am close to completing this task, but im having some issues with the slideshow.

its working, but i need to figure out a few things.

-how to shrink the width of the div the slideshow images are contained in without changing the bg image (and thereby causing scrolling)

-how to make the images hide behind the curve of the background image.
(is this a z-index issue perhaps?)

-how to add captions to the slideshow.

an example of what i am trying to recreate can be found at http://mydomainsample.com/explosion (i only want the captions div, not the clickable links div)

the full code of the page im working on can be found at
http://mydomainsample.com/fire_rebuild

I greatly appreciate all of you on these forums, the help you give, and the patience you show.

[Tim@DIM]

i figured out pretty much everything in this post