Pic togo for Flickr

I am very interested in the new Photos service from Google. Aside from the free price, the magic Google performs to identify and organize what appears in the images (without your help) seems an interesting and useful capability.

I remain a fan of Flickr. I shoot most of  my pictures with high end cameras (Canon 7D) and want to keep the originals (I understand I could pay a reasonable amount for the unlimited Google plan). I also have used Flickr for years and am familiar with the features of the service.

I do want a way to backup my Flickr pictures. Google seems perfect for this. The opportunity to explore is an added benefit.

My immediate challenge was how to get 9000+ images downloaded from Flickr so the images could be uploaded to the new Google service. I found a couple of solutions, but settled on one that allowed me to download the originals. I have tried others that download a reduced size, but my preference is now for the originals.

Pic togo for Flickr costs a few bucks ($3) and worked slowly (there is no real way to make this a quick process as you are limited by your bandwidth). This is the type of use case that will not attract a lot of developers so the pickings are going to be slim. So, having tried three different products, this would be my present recommendation.

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