I’d like to bring out some detail in the highlights on the bird, but I haven’t been able to come up with anything I like, using either Filmic or Sigmoid. What’s your favoured approach to such situations?
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Highlights are indeed blown; blended in some polar bear fur texture to taste (might be too strong; am a bit bushed; lol), for this. Could use other enhancements for sure. 
I would have liked to seen your version to better understand what you might have been been seeking. I found no problems with the details in the white feathers that represented the brightest part of the image. I probably tried harder than I normal would feel the need to to bring out the highlight details.
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Hello,
Here’s my proposal, as usual, to recover details in the highlights and lowlights after sigmoid, I use a preset from the local contrast module.
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Greetings,
Christian
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@Christian-B thanks for pointing out the use of the Sigmoid detail preset for your edit. I am not sure why it works but it does bring out more detail and I will have to explore this on more images.
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