You'll want something that will get the pendant down to 6' to 7' off of the floor, so look for ones that 7' to 8' of rod or chain.

Traditionally a pendant, other than the industrial variety, wouldn't provide enough light. With improvements in LEDs though there may be some better options in decorative fixtures now.

Besides adequate task lighting sufficient for working at the island, don't forget that you will have to change bulbs periodically.

Echoing mrswaves, can you do both?

We have can lights and two pendants over the island, can lights elsewhere in the kitchen, a pendant over the sink, and undercab lighting too. And a big window : ) .

The can lights definitely give more light; the pendants are more supplemental, or before it gets too dark outside, or in the evening after dinner if we just want a bit of light in the kitchen.

I have what others have. Can lights and pendants

Be careful with cans in the 14' ceiling... Light falls off dramatically with distance. In most homes that have a 8' or 9' ceiling, and the 3' counter height, that can light is only 5' to 6' from the surface it is illuminating. With a 14' ceiling, the light will be 11' away, about twice the distance. Based on the inverse square law of light, that counter is going to have 1/4 of the light from the can with 14' ceiling than if you had 8.5' ceilings.

Depending on the style of house, you might want to consider using suspended track lighting, at about 8' or 9' off of the floor. There's a reason why stores with high ceilings hang the lights down low.

There are a wide range of lamps (bulbs) which will throw a fuctional number of foot candles on a counter top from a 14-foot ceiling.

I agree that a combination of recessed or surface cans and suspended pendants will give a strong, positive effect.

Just be sure you have a 12-foot ladder or long wand to change the lamps when needed for those cans.

my island is about 14 ft long L-shaped, Kitchen in the middle of the L.

It depends on your style. I have this light over my island. It gives plenty of task lighting and the cables are adjustable and should work with your ceiling

Light falls off dramatically with distance.

Sort of. Fall off is a function of beam spread (or width). A lamp w/ a 40° beam spread will produce approx 1/4 as much light on a particularly spot on a surface as one with a 20° beam. A light with 0° beam spread has no fall off. A laser for instance has a beam spread of something like 0.0015° IIRC so has almost no perceptible fall off.

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https://www.allmodern.com/lighting/hd0/neal-9-light-kitchen-island-pendant-l6087-k~wadl5238.html?refid=GX173031511569-WADL5238_16764372&device=m&ptid=266639935351&targetid=pla-266639935351&network=g&PiID[0]=16764372&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2Nei_JLm3QIVkK_sCh3nqgwMEAQYASABEgJMe_D_BwE

Its not 14' but my can lights are substantial from 10' ceilings over island and 12' in the greatroom.

I'm the type that doesn't like to operate in bright light conditions though.

I'll prepare food on the island with just the under cabinet lights on behind me! lol

I have can lights above the aisles and three pendants above the island (and under cabinet lights). I rarely use the cans because they're very bright. We do all prep and cleanup at the island. The three pendants are plenty. They hang about 40" above the countertop, IIRC. (Edited to correct, they're 32 inches above counter.) I use LED bulbs in them so they never have to be changed. However, the shades require cleaning periodically. (I won't admit how frequently that happens! :))

If pendant lights would work, what kind of pendant light should I look for it to get enough light?

I like pendants that use regular bulbs, not candelabra bulbs. :-) My husband converted the recessed cans in our kitchen to pendants, and they all use regular (A19, I think?) bulbs. Our ceilings are 10', the bottoms of the pendants are 7' off the ground, and we had a ton of extra chain/wire left over. Love it.

LED bulbs are 25,000 to 50,000 hour bulbs these days. You're not going to be changing them often. The beam can come in different angles as a spot. A 20 degree spot of 1000 lumens could work. Or two.

This is a Gen2 Juno 2" led dimmable.

Yep, that's a great fixture...as long as you don't mind paying $100/fixture plus installation. It will do the job.

I always recommend a combination of recessed and hanging fixture(s). Most are dimmable LEDs on 10-12' ceiling heights.

Along the working side of a 13' x 4' island we installed 5 recessed 30" on center with a large fixture center of island & 3 more recessed on the seating side.

Add LED strips under upper cabinets w the recessed close to the edge of the counter for optimal light. Remember the hood should have it's own awesome lighting as it will block lights from above (really!).

It's easier to dim than install more later.

The 2" Juno is more like 150 list. You can get 1600 lumens from a 17.5w led 100w replacement Feit A19 dimmable regular screw in bulb in a 4 pack from Costco for $6.99. And use a standard 6" $15 can fixture. $17 total as a low priced alternative.