Our YouTube pick of the month:

• Fungus fest

  Jeffrey Ott, of the Rotary Club of Hawks Prairie-Lacey, Washington, USA, shows what a little photo magic can do in this slideshow of the club's first-ever Pacific Northwest Mushroom Festival. Says Ott, "I wanted to provide the club with something more than just a gallery of photos of the weekend, and put some of those photos into a slideshow along with a song written and recorded for the festival by (Rotarian) Greg Stevens," also a member of the Hawks Prairie-Lacey club.

Blogs we like:

• Mweshi

  Mweshi, a Web and graphic designer based in Pretoria, South Africa, and a member of the Rotary Club of Lusaka, Zambia, shares his passion for photography, design, and Rotary.

• What makes a great picture?

  This blog, maintained by Reuters photographers, gives a behind-the-scenes look at the world of press photography.