Congratulations and what a lucky find.
The fiirst shot has a lot of extraneous stuff going on in both background and foreground and that takes attention away from the tightrope walker. The second shot is pared down too nuch because you can't tell that he is tightrope walking, he could just be larking about on thr beach. Also you have cut both his hands off.
I would track him down again and try another angle.he looks like an amenable chap who would pose for you.
I never really thought about how much it would take to adjust to all this new FF real estate!
Your shots turned out really nice. I love how sharp they are.