Issue with CSS Enlarge on Hover Effect - html

Question

I found a nice tutorial for making my images enlarge (like a zoom effect) on hover. The main difference between my needs and a tutorial is that I want my all images contained in a single box like container. So when I implemented the tutorial I realize that part of the enlarged image gets cut off when you hover. The effect is constrained to the container. I would like a way for the zoom to go wherever it needs to go on the page. (So you can see the whole zoomed image)
Here is my implementation of the tutorial: http://mulnix.contestari.com/wp/example225/1.php
JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/dsRAH/
Original Code

Answer 1

Remove the overflow: hidden and all other overflows,
than for your images containers DIV remove float:left; and add display:inline-block;
* {
margin: 0;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.wrapper {
position: relative;
background: #000;
color: #fff;
z-index: 0;
}
.photos {
position: relative;
display: flex;
flex-flow: row wrap;
}
.photo {
box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px #444;
margin: 5px;
position: relative;
max-height: 200px;
transform: translateZ(0);
transition: transform 0.5s;
}
.photo:hover {
z-index: 1;
transform: translateZ(0) scale(1.6);
}
.photo img {
display: block;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
object-fit: cover;
}
.photo-legend {
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
width: 100%;
padding: 1em;
background: rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
}
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="photos">
<div class="photo">
<img src="https://placehold.it/200x150/0bf" />
<div class="photo-legend">TEST DESCRIPTION</div>
</div>
<div class="photo">
<img src="https://placehold.it/200x200/f0b" />
</div>
<div class="photo">
<img src="https://placehold.it/200x150/bf0" />
</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 2

It's not perfect but it's a start. I changed the overflow:hidden; in the wrapper to visible. I also put your code into jsfiddle so people can tinker with it.
http://jsfiddle.net/m8FXH/

Answer 3

You can try to use z-index. An element with greater z-index is always in front of an element with a lower z-index. If you main container is not overflow:hidden than you can try this out.
here is an example where you can see how it works. Hope that is helpful.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/z-index

Answer 4

I would suggest giving your divs one of the following classes:
colleft for the ones that are at left column
colright for the ones that are at right column
rowtop for the ones at the top row
rowbottom for the ones at the bottom row
And then assign them the following properties
.colleft {
transform-origin-x: 0%;
}
....
transform-origin-x: 100%;
transform-origin-y: 0%;
transform-origin-y: 100%;
(respectively)
That will make the zoom go in the desired direction.
evan stoddard modified fiddle