The phrase "a modest shot" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a photograph, attempt, or effort that is humble or not overly ambitious.
Example: "She took a modest shot at capturing the sunset, but the colors were still breathtaking."
Alternatives: "a humble attempt" or "a simple effort".
Matsui had never homered more than once in a major-league game, and his second last night -- a more modest shot that landed in the lower right-field seats -- earned him the encore from the fans.
Even the "bad guy" who gets sacrificed goes down not in a hail of bullets, but in a modest single shot.
Despite starting every league game this season, Forster has made just 34 saves from a modest 62 shots on target, owing much to a strong defence in front of him.
Having registered just eight shots, the 22-year-old's conversion rate sits at a modest 38 per cent, while his shot accuracy stands at 57 per cent.
Ball's three-point ratings are now a modest 70 in open-shot three, 69 in contested three and 68 in off-dribble three.
Shot on a modest budget of $60,000, that film was an abrasively chiaroscuro black-and-white drama about a maths genius pushing his intellect to the limit and suffering nightmare delusions as a result.
Shot on a modest budget, largely at the small Gainsborough studio in Islington, it never seems cramped or corner-cutting (though it's calculatedly confined), and it zips along with the speed of the Eurostar.
He works reasonably steadily in nightclubs and the Borscht circuit, has had a few TV "shots" and a modest house in Queens or Brooklyn.
For the last week and a half, he has been on a playmaking binge, dishing out 61 assists over six games while taking a relatively modest 84 shots.
He was captured without a shot being fired in a modest beachside high-rise, where he had been hiding with his wife and twin daughters.
