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HTML

<div class="effectback">
<img class="effectfront" src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6873010155_d4160a32a2.jpg" />
</div>

attribution<br/>
https://secure.flickr.com/photos/34022876@N06/6873010155/sizes/m/in/photostream/

CSS

.effectback {
  display: block;
  background: url('https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6873010155_d4160a32a2_s.jpg') no-repeat;
    margin: 0 auto;
}
.effectfront {
  opacity: 0;
  border: none;
  margin: 0 auto;
}
.effectfront:hover {
  opacity: 1;
  transition: all 0.3s;
  -webkit-transition: all 0.3s;
}