Need photos from an iCloud backup!

When iOS 7 came out I updated my iPhone 4S. I backed it up before hand and in the middle of the the process had to restore from the backup which is not a big deal. However, while backing it up a notification popped up and said something and I was texting and so I clicked an option without reading what it would do. Basically what I found out is that I stopped downloading all my photos from my backup. It didnt really bother me at the time, however, I really want some old photos of mine. I still have that backed up version, but also have a bunch of new stuff on my phone that I do not want to get rid of just to have those old photos back. Is there a way for me to obtain photos from the old backup and add them to my current phone.
tl;dr: I have an old backup I want photos from because they didnt all download when I backed up my phone. How can I get them without removing all the new stuff I have on my phone now.
My Possible Solution?: Backup my current version of my phone. Then restore my phone to the old version. Save the photos I want from the old version to someplace. Then restore it back to the current version. Would this be viable and are there any other possibilities?
Thanks!!!

Your solution is the right one.
Back up your phone as it is now to iTunes. Connect it to your computer, open iTunes, click on the name of your phone in iTunes, go to the Summary tab of your iTunes sync settings and click Back Up Now. Then go to File>Devices>Transfer Purchases.
Then restore your old iCloud backup. Go to Settings>General>Reset, tap Erase All Content and Settings, go through the setup screens on the phone and when given the option, choose Restore from iCloud Backup and follow the prompts. Be sure the phone is connected to wifi and your charger while it is backing up.
Import the recovered photos to your computer as explained here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083.
Connect your phone to your computer, go back to the Summary tab of your iTunes sync settings and click Restore Backup, restoring the backup you made earlier.
Put the recovered photos in a folder and sync the folder to your phone by selecting it on the Photos tab of your iTunes sync settings.

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