Yeah, those are scale patterns for the minor pentatonic in the key of G, played in two different positions.
The first one is at fret three, and you shouldn`t have any problem.
The second one is at fret 8, and it riquiers you to go "out of position" when you play the G string, moving your fretting hand towards the nut. But still you are streaching four frets only, then you back into position to play the rest of the scale. Just look at the graphic again.