The phrase "a test shot" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to photography, film, or experimentation, where a preliminary image or recording is taken to assess conditions or settings.
Example: "Before the main shoot, we took a test shot to ensure the lighting was perfect."
Alternatives: "trial shot" or "practice shot".
Mr. Dewis suggests starting at F 5.6 for a test shot.
"Whether it was recreational stupidity or a test shot is unknown," a senior police official said on Wednesday.
This Polaroid was a test shot for a series I did in the 1990s called Hustlers, about male sex workers looking for business on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles.
They're preparing for a test shot of the laser, minus the fusion pellet; as a safety precaution, it's been scheduled for night, after the facility's laser bays and target chamber have been cleared of workers.
She tells of how Eileen Ford saw a test shot of her in 1972 and of how in quick order she became a model, a rock "muse," Miss November 1974 in Playboy, a mother, a punk rocker and finally Liv's manager.
One senior American military official called it a test shot that was also meant as a warning that the primary American bomber base in the Pacific, which would be central to any military action on the Korean Peninsula, was within easy reach of the North's intermediate-range missiles.
Unfortunately, the only way to know exactly what you're shooting is by lugging around a laptop in hopes of getting a good test shot.
The users' precautions included taking a small "test shot," using less of the drug mixture, pushing the syringe plunger in more slowly and snorting instead of injecting the drugs, the researchers reported.
A few test shots grew into a yearlong obsession; if the building's residents were home, Svenson had to photograph them.
Gerard Butler, who stars as King Leonidas, signed on after watching a four-minute Snyder test shot.
With that being said here are a couple test shots that came out ok.
