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Dealing with highlights is a real problem. Where film would allow you to saturate, digital sensors clip quickly.
For isolated shots with your creature in the middle and out-of-focus bokeh, try using center-weighted averaged metering. I know when I'm doing weddings and it's particularly bright/dull, I will spot meter off the bride's dress. On some occasions, I'll take a meter reading off both the white and the black of the groom and split the difference.
With static subjects it's easy enough to bracket your shots and then blend them manually in post with masks. Your camera should give you AEB bracketing. Just set it to -1, 0 and +1, or -2, 0 and +2, and fire away. You should get enough detail in both background and foreground to blend.
Are you able to run Digital Photo Professional under WINE, or a virtual machine of some kind, at all? You're really not getting the best out of your Canon system unless you're using DPP.
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