diffused light

Diffused light pours in on a diagonal, cascading from the left down the gray back walls of both rooms and reflected on the expanse of gray floor in the foreground.

The next night, the scene is calmer, befitting the bar’s interior, all flickering candles and offset diffused light from that unbelievable disco ball sculpture, which wobbles and wends its way in the corner, casting off atmosphere, imbued with some original enchantment.

Just as striking, though, are the mists that shroud the water line, sometimes ascending in vaporous columns, and the diffused light that streaks the lake’s surface and highlights the trees’ trunks and leaves.

The director Reed Morano couches the domestic persona in soft diffused light and the hardened one in shallow-focus claustrophobia.

The elegant white building, with vaulted ceilings and diffused light, now houses a collection of more than 100,000 bottles from 300 Italian makers, hailing from every wine-producing region in the country.