The phrase "an initial picture" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a preliminary or first impression of a situation, concept, or idea.
Example: "Before we dive deeper into the analysis, let's take a moment to consider an initial picture of the market trends."
Alternatives: "a preliminary overview" or "a first glimpse".
These units will record the calls and echolocation clicks of sperm whales and Bryde's whales over the next 100 days, providing an initial picture of how the whales are responding to the oil.
Beyond creating an initial picture in my mind of L.A's already-notorious freeways suddenly inundated with hundreds of thousands of Winnebagos, it did bring up an important thought as we grapple with the highest poverty rates in decades.
Previous microarray-based approaches have provided an initial picture of the transcriptome changes during senescence.
The transcription levels of BrIPT and BrCKX genes were analyzed to obtain an initial picture of the functions of these genes.
Our BCGA data provides an initial picture of the status of these networks and levels of gene expression under basal conditions.
In our view, our paper offers an initial picture of the changes that occur at protein level upon infection, in order to provide a reference work.
The comparison of the microRaman results with the ATR ones, gives a good, initial picture of the existing degradation processes, allowing to follow the evolution of some chosen vibrational bands, directly related to the changing of the molecular structure.
Although the SEA and FMCT studies are more anecdotal than statistical, they nonetheless provide a useful initial picture of how the various methods perform.
The global scale was set with the help of a ruler in the initial picture, the threshold was adjusted to optimise the selection and the area was measured.
Mr. Rocha, who has emerged as a central figure in the 16 days of the Columbia's flight, was a natural choice of his fellow engineers as a go-between on the initial picture request.
Based on the whole genome data available for various S. cerevisiae strains, an initial overall picture of the intra-specific genetic diversity of this important model organism was compiled in this study, focusing on its Ty retrotransposon content.
