Don't worry about losing Orkut albums
Hi i got a solution for preserving Your Orkut Albums.Initially i too had a doubt of losing My pics in orkut as Google is giving send off to it. But don't worry we can export these pics to Google + photos (aka Picassa)
its very simple login to your google account and simply type the below link. select your albums/pics you want to save.
www.orkut.co.in/AlbumsExport
Hope this helps you out.
thank you.