Placing text over absolute image - html

Question

A similar question has been asked many times (how to place text over an image) but every solution says make a relative positioned container and place image and text inside.
But what if the container needs to be absolute??
I want the image to be absolute in order to span the full width of the page, without being limited by the wrapper's width: Wrapper has set width, the image container should ignore this and be full screen, and the text should float above the image.
Here is a fiddle in which the image isn't ignoring the wrapper's width
.splash_image {
position: relative;
left: 0;
top: 2%;
height: 600px;
overflow: hidden;
z-index: 1;
}
.splash_image img {
width: 100%;
position: absolute;
}
.splash_title {
color: red;
position: absolute;
}
.wrapper {
width: 50%;
}
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="splash_image">
<img src="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs34/f/2008/290/6/4/Large_Tree_Stock_by_HauntingVisionsStock.jpg" alt="test image">
<div class="splash_title">Test title to go here on image</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 1

You set relative positioning on the image container, so even though you've positioned the image absolutely, it's being positioned absolutely within a relative positioned container. The container should be positioned absolutely if I am understanding what you're looking for:
.splash_image{
position:absolute;
left:0;
top:2%;
height:600px;
width:100%;
overflow: hidden;
z-index: 1;
}
.splash_image img{
width:100%;
}
.splash_title{
color:red;
z-index: 88;
position:absolute;
top:0;
left:0;
}
Updated Fiddle

Answer 2

There are multiple ways to accomplish this. Here is a simple answer:
.splash_image {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 2%;
height: 600px;
overflow: hidden;
z-index: 1;
}
.splash_image img {
width: 100%;
}
.splash_title {
color: red;
position: absolute;
z-index: 2;
}
.wrapper {
width: 50%;
}
<div class="splash_image">
<img src="http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs34/f/2008/290/6/4/Large_Tree_Stock_by_HauntingVisionsStock.jpg" alt="test image" />
</div>
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="splash_title">Test title to go here on image</div>
</div>
https://jsfiddle.net/jonnysynthetic/2vqgab7t/
However, you could also try setting the image as a background to the parent element as well. I wasn't sure of the scope of what this is in or a part of, so I wanted to give you the simple answer first.

Answer 3

.splash_image{
left: 0;
top: 2%;
overflow: hidden;
width: 100%;
z-index: 1;
height: 100%;
}
.splash_image img{
width:100%;
position:absolute;
}
.splash_title{
color: red;
z-index: 88;
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50px;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
margin: auto;
}
.wrapper{
width: 50%;
height: 150px;
position: relative;
}
https://jsfiddle.net/2tpbx12x/5/

Answer 4

try this:
.splash_image img{
width:100%;
position:fixed;
}