.carousel-control2 {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 15%;
  font-size: 20px;
  color: #fff;
  text-align: center;
  text-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .6);
  filter: alpha(opacity=50);
  opacity: .5;
}
.carousel-control2.left {
 /* background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0, 0, 0, .5) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .0001) 100%);
  background-image:      -o-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0, 0, 0, .5) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .0001) 100%);
  background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, right top, from(rgba(0, 0, 0, .5)), to(rgba(0, 0, 0, .0001)));
  background-image:         linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0, 0, 0, .5) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .0001) 100%);*/
  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#80000000', endColorstr='#00000000', GradientType=1);
  background-repeat: repeat-x;
}
.carousel-control2.right {
  right: 0;
  left: auto;
  /*background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0, 0, 0, .0001) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .5) 100%);
  background-image:      -o-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0, 0, 0, .0001) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .5) 100%);
  background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, right top, from(rgba(0, 0, 0, .0001)), to(rgba(0, 0, 0, .5)));
  background-image:         linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0, 0, 0, .0001) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .5) 100%);*/
  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#00000000', endColorstr='#80000000', GradientType=1);
  background-repeat: repeat-x;
}
.carousel-control2:hover,
.carousel-control2:focus {  
  text-decoration: none;
  filter: alpha(opacity=90);
  outline: 0;
  opacity: .9;
}
.carousel-control2 .icon-prev,
.carousel-control2 .icon-next,
.carousel-control2 .glyphicon-chevron-left,
.carousel-control2 .glyphicon-chevron-right {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  z-index: 5;
  display: inline-block;
}
.carousel-control2 .icon-prev,
.carousel-control2 .glyphicon-chevron-left {
  left: 50%;
  margin-left: -10px;
}
.carousel-control2 .icon-next,
.carousel-control2 .glyphicon-chevron-right {
  right: 50%;
  margin-right: -10px;
}
.carousel-control2 .icon-prev,
.carousel-control2 .icon-next {
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  margin-top: -10px;
  font-family: serif;
  line-height: 1;
}
.carousel-control2 .icon-prev:before {
  content: '\2039';
}
.carousel-control2 .icon-next:before {
  content: '\203a';
}