Center images within bootstrap carousel

Question

I have been trying to create responsive carousel in bootstrap but images with lower width than carousel's are moving to the left.

Here is the code:

.tales {
  width: 100%;
}
.carousel-inner{
  width:100%;
  
  max-height: 400x !important;
}

<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

<div class="container">

  <div id="carousel-example-generic" class="carousel slide" data-ride="carousel">

    <!-- indicators -->
    <ol class="carousel-indicators">
      <li data-target="#carousel-example-generic" data-slide-to="0" class="active"></li>
      <li data-target="#carousel-example-generic" data-slide-to="1"></li>
      <li data-target="#carousel-example-generic" data-slide-to="2"></li>
    </ol>

    <!-- inner -->
    <div class="carousel-inner" role="listbox">
      <div class="item active">
        <img src="http://placehold.it/1200x600/2c3e50/000" alt="">
      </div>
      <div class="item">
        <img src="http://placehold.it/600x1200/d35400/000" alt="">
      </div>
      <div class="item">
        <img src="http://placehold.it/600x600/c0392b/000" alt="">
      </div>
    </div>

    <!-- controls -->
    <a class="left carousel-control" href="#carousel-example-generic" role="button" data-slide="prev">
      <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-left" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="sr-only">Previous</span>
    </a>
    <a class="right carousel-control" href="#carousel-example-generic" role="button" data-slide="next">
      <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="sr-only">Next</span>
    </a>
    
  </div>

</div>

It is better to look at when snippet gets expanded. It is taking way longer than it should..

Answer 1

set display:inline-blockin img and set text-align:center in .item

check snippet below-

.tales {
  width: 100%;
}
.carousel-inner{
  width:100%;
  
  max-height: 400x !important;
}
.item{
text-align:center;
}
.carousel-inner img{
display:inline-block  !important;
}

<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

<div class="container">

  <div id="carousel-example-generic" class="carousel slide" data-ride="carousel">

    <!-- indicators -->
    <ol class="carousel-indicators">
      <li data-target="#carousel-example-generic" data-slide-to="0" class="active"></li>
      <li data-target="#carousel-example-generic" data-slide-to="1"></li>
      <li data-target="#carousel-example-generic" data-slide-to="2"></li>
    </ol>

    <!-- inner -->
    <div class="carousel-inner" role="listbox">
      <div class="item active">
        <img src="http://placehold.it/1200x600/2c3e50/000" alt="">
      </div>
      <div class="item">
        <img src="http://placehold.it/600x1200/d35400/000" alt="">
      </div>
      <div class="item">
        <img src="http://placehold.it/600x600/c0392b/000" alt="">
      </div>
    </div>

    <!-- controls -->
    <a class="left carousel-control" href="#carousel-example-generic" role="button" data-slide="prev">
      <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-left" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="sr-only">Previous</span>
    </a>
    <a class="right carousel-control" href="#carousel-example-generic" role="button" data-slide="next">
      <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></span>
      <span class="sr-only">Next</span>
    </a>
    
  </div>

</div>

Answer 2

You can given margin: 0 auto; for img tag.

.carousel-inner>.item>a>img, .carousel-inner>.item>img {
    margin: 0 auto;
}