help with moving photos please

I have about 1500 photos on flickr but there are only 3 or 4 dozen I'm interested in saving. I lost all the originals when my computer and related equipment burnt in a house fire. I am fairly computer illiterate and was wondering if there is a way to retrieve photos from flickr back to your home computer without losing resolution and quality like would likely happen if I just emailed them to myself

Thanks in advance from a bird forum poster.

Why can't you navigate to the highest resolution file in the site & Right click > Save As?

Taken from http://www.flickr.com/​help/photos

How do I download a photo?

Select the photo and open the More menu, then click the '"View all Sizes" link inside the menu. On the next page, choose the size you want to download and click the link in the "Download" section.

On your own photos, you will always see the "All Sizes" button and the original is available. There is no batch download option but you can try one of the handy third-party backup tools in the App Garden.

thanks guys I'll give it a try.

Sorry to hear about your computer. There's a tool called "bulkr" which you can bulk download all you flickr photos. I've used this tool, and have recommended to my friends.