Deleting pictures on phone without losing them

All my Pictures are in my Camera and My Photo Stream on my iphone 5 and visible on my Windows 7 machine using the Icloud program. If I delete a picture in my Camera Roll or My Photo Stream it also diappears from my Window's machine. Is this because they are not actually physically on the Window's machine?
So how do I do this to release space on my phone? The only way that I have come up with is to physically copy all my pictures that I have streamed on my Windows machine to a new folder and then delete them on my phone. Or is there a better way?

Indeed.
If you switch you picture sync back on and connect to a wifi it will sync your photos back.
What i would recommend is to do a weekly backup on the pc and delete photos off the phone that is not needed. Just make sure you leave the sync off on the phone.
Just do a manual sync from phone to pc. If you plug it in, on the left side you will get all your options for pictures, videos, pictures and more.
Otherwise follow the link below and see if it helps clear some space.
Delete photos from My Photo Stream - Apple Support

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Indeed.
If you switch you picture sync back on and connect to a wifi it will sync your photos back.
What i would recommend is to do a weekly backup on the pc and delete photos off the phone that is not needed. Just make sure you leave the sync off on the phone.
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